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  2. Figured bass - Wikipedia

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    A double bass may be added, particularly when accompanying a lower-pitched solo voice (e.g., a bass singer). Typically performers match the instrument families used in the full ensemble: including bassoon when the work includes oboes or other winds, but restricting it to cello and/or [citation needed] double bass if only strings are involved.

  3. List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    The plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonator's surface. 321.1 Bow lutes - Each string has its own flexible carrier. 321.2 Yoke lutes or lyres - The strings are attached to a yoke which lies in the same plane as the sound-table and consists of two arms and a cross-bar. 321.21 Bowl lyres. 321.22 Box lyres.

  4. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), piccolo, alto flute, 4 oboes (one doubling english horn), english horn, 3 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), D clarinet (doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), contrabassoon, 8 horns (2 doubling tenor tuba), 4 trumpets (1 doubling bass trumpet), piccolo trumpet, 3 ...

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    E 1 A 1 D 2 G 2 B 2 E 3. Bass, electric bass, 6-string bass, contrabass guitar Essentially a 4-string bass with either added high and low strings. Guitar, bass (8-string) 8 strings 4 courses. E 2 E 1 •A 2 A 1 •D 3 D 2 •G 3 G 2: Eight-string bass guitar, 8-string bass US Essentially a 4-string bass with each string doubled at the upper ...

  6. Keyboard bass - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s, a variant form of keyboard bass, bass pedals, became popular.Bass pedals are pedal keyboards operated by musicians using their feet. The guitar players or bass players of bands such as Genesis' Mike Rutherford, Yes' Chris Squire, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin during acoustic sets, Geddy Lee of Rush, The Police (bassist Sting), or Atomic Rooster (organist Vincent Crane) use the ...

  7. Bassline - Wikipedia

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    Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric ...

  8. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  9. Farfisa - Wikipedia

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    The Fast 2 has a four-octave keyboard (C to C) with a one-octave manual bass on the left. There are four voice stops (flute, clarinet, reed and strings), all at 8', a two-speed vibrato and an optional swell pedal. The Fast 3 features more sounds, including 16' bass and clarinet, 8' oboe and trumpet, and with 8' and 4' flute.