Sheet Music for String Instruments

A great selection of quartet music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras which has been compiled, edited and arranged for Double Bass by Martin Flowerman.

For Either Contrabass Quartet, Ensemble, or Solo Contrabass with Self-Prepared Tape

For 4 Double Basses (or Ensemble)

This is a special arrangement for double bass choir of the choral piece Silva Caledonia, written for the Estonian National Male Choir, which sets a text by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. It was first...

Stimmen liegen in Solo- und Orchesterstimmung vor Geschrieben anlässlich der Jungen Bassakademie Michaelstein fand im März 2024 die Uraufführung statt. Die Stimmen sind so angelegt, dass bereits Anfän...

This four-movement piece was designed as a double quartet and, as the title implies, is like a little symphony. The varied sound is the result of harmonics, glissandos, pizzicatos, fingerboard and ins...

'Ein Orakelspruch für sechs Kontrabässe' (An oracle for six double-basses) - this is how Widmann calls his composition which he wrote upon commission of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on the occasi...

If you can play just a few notes on the double bass, then you're ready for this book. These 22 imaginative little pieces for the absolute beginner include traditional tunes, classics and specially com...

Three Short Stories, written for bassist John Goldsby, is an extended, through-composed three-movement piece. It contains improvised sections for both instruments, challenging passages of bass harmoni...

Bass player François Rabbath, born in 1931 in Aleppo, is a real character in the world of music. He settled in Paris in 1955, where he played with the stars (Barbara, Aznavour...) while continuing as...

String teaching material by the world's favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Technitunes introduce quite advanced aspects of technique, such as high positions, harmonics, rapid bowings and double s...

Diese dreisätzige Werk aus dem Jahr 1999 ist quasi eine Nachauflage von Holloways Concerto for Double Bass and Small Orchestra, das drei Jahre zuvor entstand. Schon die Besetzung des Concertos ist seh...

This transcription of Suite italienne is the first full-scale composition by Igor Stravinsky to enter the double bass solo repertoire. Brian Powell, Associate Professor of Double Bass at the Frost Sch...