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  2. Double bass - Wikipedia

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    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 [1] in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). [2] Similar in structure to the cello, it has four or five strings.

  3. Bass instrument - Wikipedia

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    Bass instrument. Alex Dixon holding two bass instruments: a bass guitar (left) and a double bass (right). A bass instrument (/ beɪs /) is a musical instrument that produces tones in the low-pitched range C 2 –C 4. [1] Basses belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles.

  4. Jazz bass - Wikipedia

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    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. Players began using the double bass in jazz in the 1890s to supply the low-pitched walking basslines that outlined the chord progressions of the songs. From the 1920s and 1930s Swing and big ...

  5. Bass guitar - Wikipedia

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    The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (/ beɪs /) is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length. The bass guitar most commonly has four strings, though five- and six-stringed models are ...

  6. Bass violin - Wikipedia

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    Bass violin is the modern term for various 16th- and 17th-century bass instruments of the violin (i.e. viola da braccio) family. They were the direct ancestor of the modern cello. [1] Bass violins were usually somewhat larger than the modern cello, but tuned to the same nominal pitches or sometimes one step lower.

  7. Octobass - Wikipedia

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    The octobass is an extremely large and rare bowed string instrument first built around 1850 in Paris by the French luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798–1875). It has three strings and is essentially a larger version of the double bass – the specimen in the collection of the Musée de la Musique in Paris measures 3.48 metres (11 ft 5 in) in length, whereas a full-size double bass is ...

  8. List of classical double bass players - Wikipedia

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    Classical double bass players are performers who play the double bass, the largest and lowest-pitched commonly played bowed string instrument. They perform European art music ranging from Baroque suites and Mozart -era Classical pieces to contemporary and avant-garde works in a variety of settings, ranging from large symphony orchestras to ...

  9. Double bass concerto - Wikipedia

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    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 orchestra.Bass concertos typically require an advanced level of technique, as they often use very high-register passages, harmonics, challenging scale and arpeggio lines and difficult bowing techniques.

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