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2. Walkdown - Wikipedia

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   Country walkdown, in blue, with Carter Family picking. Play ⓘ. In country music, walkdown is a bassline which connects two root position chords whose roots are a third apart, often featuring an inverted chord [1] to go between the root notes of the first two chords.

3. Bass guitar - Wikipedia

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   Bass guitar strings are composed of a core and winding. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is generally made of steel, nickel, or an alloy. [9] The winding is an additional wire wrapped around the core. Bass guitar strings vary by the material and cross-sectional shape of the winding.

4. Acoustic bass guitar - Wikipedia

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   Like the traditional electric bass and the double bass, the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar. Like the electric bass guitar, models with five or more strings have been produced, although these are less common.

5. 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 .

6. Bass instrument - Wikipedia

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   Bowed string instruments, include the double bass, the cello and the violone.. The double bass is usually the instrument referred to as a "bass" in European classical music and jazz, sometimes called a "string bass" to differentiate it from a "brass bass" or "bass horn", or an "upright bass" to differentiate it from a "bass guitar". [3]

7. Fretless bass - Wikipedia

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   A fretless bass is an electric bass guitar whose neck lacks frets and thus is smooth like traditional string instruments, and like the neck of an acoustic double bass. While the fretless bass is played in all styles of music, it is most common in pop, rock, and jazz. It first saw widespread use during the 1970s, although some players used them ...