“How many double bass players does it take to screw in a lightbulb? It always seems to alternate between one and five!”
It may be true that the double bass has a lot of perfect cadences to play, but there is an awful lot more to the biggest member of the modern string family than meets the eye. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at Rock Double Bass, Double Bass Pop Music or Jazz for Double Bass, and whether you prefer arco or pizzicato, get that Double Bass Walking with Stretta today!
First seen in the middle of the 16th century, as a larger version of the bass viola, it wasn’t until the 18th century, once it had taken the shape we recognise today, that the double bass started being integrated into the modern-day orchestra. Nowadays, the double bass features as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and is also prominent in the worlds of jazz and pop.
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297283
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576415
From Tristan and Isolde
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301618
To A Wild Rose
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301395
To A Wild Rose
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301394
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1573432
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573330
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278468
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278438
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597482
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218745
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
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for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217337
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217714
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217534
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1243414
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1243162
Aebersold
for: Double bass
Item no.: 338607
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219147
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635823
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662810
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244164
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1243921
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569754
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598374
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293772
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293555
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293329
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245014
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244444
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287311
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284493
for: Double bass, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296971
Marsch
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275573
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275523
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282557
Ausgewählte Kompositionen des 18. Und 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1654002
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574592
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574238
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300825
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300449
for: Double bass
Item no.: 375502
Swiss Composers Series
for: 2 double basses
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1026800
Ausgabe für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 660030
delights for strings
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 582917
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572053
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240624
for: Double bass, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240600