About me

Dear double bass players,

we have chosen an instrument with a beautiful shape, structure and color of the wood that particularly stands out on his big body. And we like to play the double bass for its full, strong, wide and colorful sound.

I am also interested in the teaching methods. I have published several textbooks that, in my opinion, contribute to the efficiency and improvement of double bass technique.

I play also Violone in the so-called “Viennese Tuning” (strings tuned either to A, D, F sharp, A or to F, A, D, F sharp, A). These instruments were used in baroque and classical music, especially in Central Europe. They has a richer, more melodic sound, thanks to its “chord” tuning, unlike the Double bass used today, which is tuned to E, A, D, G .

For Violone in “Viennese Tuning”, composed well-known and famous personalities , such as J. M. Sperger, K. D. Dittersdorf, F. A. Hoffmeister, J. K. Vaňhal, A. Zimmermann, V. Pichl and others. 

In the following periods, the Violone with “Viennese Tuning” has been replaced by more universal Double bass, which, at the expense of “chord technique” and sound, helped to play more easily in multiple keys. But classical compositions for Violone had to be reduced and rewritten, because otherwise it would not be possible to continue playing them on contemporary, modern Double bass.

My effort is that my sheet music helps music compositions to sound as they sounded at the time of their creation. This is especially important for classical period compositions, for which I also publish sheet music in original “Viennese Tuning”.

I hope that you will find in the list of sheet music that you will be interested in and with which you will get a great response from your audience.

I gradually publish and add new sheet music. I announce the new addition of sheet music on Facebook. If you are interested, you can follow me, see link:  Sebastian Brettfeld

Wish you much success

Yours Sebastian Brettfeld