The double bass (/ˈdʌbəl beɪs/), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in...

Double Bass Drumming written by Joe Franco and Double Bass Drum Freedom written by Virgil Donati are also commonly used resources for double bass instruction...

A double bass concerto is a notated musical composition, usually in three parts or movements (see concerto), for a solo double bass accompanied by an...

courses have been built. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely come to replace the double bass in popular music due to its lighter weight, the...

popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or...

The electric upright bass (EUB) is an instrument that can perform the musical function of a double bass. It requires only a minimal or 'skeleton' body...

as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar...

'double bassist', 'bass player', may also be used. Plucked string instruments classified as basses include the electric bass guitar, the acoustic bass...

compositions for the double bass, part of the repertoire of this instrument. Beth Anderson May Swale Lera Auerbach Monolog for double bass solo (1996) (2009)...

Romance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth. It was adapted by Young...

Quintet Op. 77 uses a double bass, and Mozart's famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik may be performed with this instrumentation (the double bass being optional)....

up Bass, bass, or basses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bass or Basses may refer to: Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Bass or...

instruments. Most high parts for bass-clef instruments (e.g. cello, double bass, bassoon, and trombone) are written in the tenor clef, but very high...

around 1799–1800, for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. The popularity of Beethoven's septet made its combination of instruments...

Allegretto), for double bass (or cello), 2nd double bass and orchestra/piano Duo Concertant on Themes of Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra...

tuning. In modern usage, the term most often refers to the double bass viol, a bowed bass string instrument sounding its part an octave lower than notated...

soprano doubling tenor), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon brass: 4 horns, 4 trumpets (3 in C, one in D), 3 trombones (2 tenor and one bass trombone), bass tuba...

Jazz bass is the use of the double bass or electric bass guitar to improvise accompaniment ("comping") basslines and solos in a jazz or jazz fusion style...

stringed instrument. They are primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar. Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of one's knuckle, where...

bass is either an electric bass or acoustic double bass which has been tuned to a higher frequency, usually one octave higher than conventional bass tuning...

a double stop is the technique of playing two notes simultaneously on a stringed instrument such as a violin, a viola, a cello, or a double bass. On...

Double Bass Blues is a 2019 picture book by Andrea J. Loney and illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez. The book was generally well-reviewed, and received a 2020...

from the bass violin), the viola and the violin are indisputable members of the ancestral violin or viola da braccio family, the double bass's origins...

1938 – 5 September 2024) was an English musician specialising in bass guitar, double bass and tuba. He was a member of groups including Blue Mink, T. Rex...

The double bass made by Hieronymus II AMATI in 1680 in Cremona, Italy, is known as the only remaining double bass from the early Cremonese school. The...

special mechanical extension with which some double basses are equipped or the composer may ask the double bass to tune down its E string, as in, for example...

A double bass array (DBA) is a specific layout of subwoofers within a rectangular listening space. It removes unwanted room related resonances (modes)...

produced double neck basses with an 8-string bass neck (double courses, tuned in octaves like a 12-string guitar) on top and a 4-string bass neck on the...

and plot elements of the first novel, Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass, are a humorous parody of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but...

heavy bass and sub-bass lines, samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's jungle scene in the 1990s. The popularity of drum and bass at its...