“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: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 817011
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 860583
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 980733
in five books
Vol. 3: Simultaneous Rhythms
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 301232
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1589885
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681393
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681356
for: String instrument
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 261581
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 168892
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283027
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283024
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 328395
for the Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 605296
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 294599
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 469940
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 981003
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 277598
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 837549
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 618204
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 428809
for: Cello [double bass]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 675027
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 620603
With expamples by Giovanni Bassano (1591) – Francesco Rognoni (1620)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1632375
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 622975
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198071
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1165107
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 241961
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 295097
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 578876
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1593587
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 980756
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 872776
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 682717
in five books
Vol. 5 : Combined measures (supplement of the 2nd booklet)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 338541
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681367
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 372167
Featuring Ed Friedland
for: Double bass
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 487427
Mixed bars, beat changes
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205060
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1165105
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1356450
New revised and enlarged Edition
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100346
½ – 2 ½ position
double bass method (with piano accompaniment)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1108884
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 941988
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 614987
The landmark beginner double bass method
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1355888
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 817380
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 980734
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 811804
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