“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
Music score
Item no.: 1013176
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164213
Sonata for double bass and piano
exempla nova 679
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 686963
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 344121
bearbeitet für vier Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666932
for Double Bass Quartett
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 625739
for: 4 cellos [double basses]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 554320
for double bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1341185
16 Famous Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209557
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1203701
for: 3 double basses
Item no.: 151251
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 292430
for: Double bass, ensemble
Score
Item no.: 682888
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129234
for Double Bass and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682649
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 123397
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382937
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 282500
piano reduction in C major and D major
Part in "Viennese tuning" (A-d-f#-a): free download
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630400
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256384
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 256873
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 552950
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302925
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764103
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392904
for: Double bass
Item no.: 216496
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 991398
from "Roumanian Folk Dances"
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 735665
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 655182
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284156
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 486282
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281183
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 182056
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 395216
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 671131
For audibly tone and unit of rhythm
Edition Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 279774
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 297431
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 164504
for Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 675159
for: Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 300136
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1203682
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 267481
Edition in D major
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392850
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266928
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209559
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199
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