Sheet Music and Transcription

Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert RepertoireThis is a wonderful collection of orchestral audition pieces, perfectly suited for students and classical players, whether you are auditioning for college, a select orchestra, or your local community...

Bass StandardsNote-for-Note Transcriptions of Jazz Bass Classic PerformancesWhat more can you say? Accurate, note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded - from a veritable "who's who" of jazz upright...

What's a real book?It's a book containing the sheet music for hundreds of popular jazz "standards", in a very concise format. It's done this way for easy sight-reading - as well as to allow room for so many songs in a single book! So, rather than full...

This 104 page book is very comprehensive; Authors John Kember and David Stark have put together a huge collection of pieces to engage the player to develop one's sight-reading skills. The book features 195 carefully-graded sight-reading pieces and...

Beginning to Intermediate Bass SolosMusic for Double Bass & PianoMusic Minus One series, with accompaniment tracksImprove your confidence and learn some new music; or practice with your own accompanist. These lovely, short pieces can be used for...

If you ask, I will always suggest that you start your upright bass adventures by studying with an experienced and schooled teacher. The "Simandl Method" is a very common and well-respected methodology for learning the instrument (with a teacher), and the...

Transcriptions with Notes and MoreA tribute to Ray Brown including 18 transcriptions of the jazz great's classic performances, including special performance notes, photos, and a foreword by contemporary jazz virtuoso Christian McBride.Brown is well-known...

Twenty-One Studies: Stories for Solo Double Bass[Etiudowe oczko: Opowiesci na kontrabas solo]This book - in both English and Polish - features 21 Etudes for double bass, by Ryszard Kusek. The difficulty level of the etudes is fairly easy, as these etudes...

We have uncovered a true delight for double bass players: a collection of twelve stylized waltzes by Beethoven's contemporary Domenico Dragonetti. The “Paganini of the double bass” grew up in Venice, but moved to London as an adult. It is...

For the advanced bassist, this set of eight solo bass pieces provides a curated collection of the most beautiful Russian pieces for double bass and piano. Including pieces by Tchaikovsky, Glière, Koussevitzky, and Schillinger, this collection...

This comprehensive volume contains well-known original works and transcriptions from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods by Bottesini, Capuzzi, Dragonetti, Eccles, Fauré, Koussevitzky, Lulier, Saint-Saëns, Simandl, Sperger and others...

This collection contains 12 selections (from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, French Suites Nos. 2 & 4, and Six Little Preludes), transcribed by Frederick Zimmermann for double bass with piano accompaniment. Features a separate...