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  2. Bass guitar tuning - Wikipedia

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    Five strings usually tuned B 0 –E 1 –A 1 –D 2 –G 2, providing extended lower range. The earliest commercial five-string bass was created by Fender in 1965. The Fender Bass V used the E–A–D–G–C tuning, but was unpopular and discontinued in 1970. This tenor tuning is still used by some jazz and soloing bassists.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Extended-range bass - Wikipedia

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    Terminology. One way that a bass can be considered 'extended-range' is to use a tuning machine mechanism that allows for instant re-tuning, such as the popular 'Xtenders' made by Hipshot detuners. When the player triggers the detuner, it drops the pitch of the string by a pre-set interval. A common use of detuners is to drop the low E to a low ...

  6. Fretless bass - Wikipedia

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    A fretless bass is an electric bass guitar whose neck is smooth like traditional string instruments, and like the acoustic upright double bass.As a guitar-like amplified alternative to this instrument, the Fender Precision Bass was introduced in 1951, with frets to help guitarists who are used to them, to provide precision, and to offer a different sound.

  7. Twelve-string bass - Wikipedia

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    HAMER B12S. The 12-string bass is an electric bass with four courses of three strings each, though they occasionally have six courses of two strings. Normal tuning is eeE-aaA-ddD-ggG, with one string of each course tuned the same as the corresponding string of the four-string bass, and the remaining two strings tuned to the octave.

  8. Acoustic bass guitar - Wikipedia

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    The guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass guitar played in Mariachi bands. The bajo sexto, with six pairs of strings, resembles a twelve-string guitar tuned an octave lower. The heavy gauge strings generate a large string tension, yet the guitar is built relatively lightly. Musicians began to adopt the bajo ...

  9. List of compositions for double bass - Wikipedia

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    Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass and Orchestra "Afroargentino", Op. 125 (2015) Concerto No. 3 for Double Bass and Orchestra "Porteño", Op. 129 (2016) Francine Aubin Concert pour Ariane (1988) Judith Bailey. Double Bass Concerto in the Style of Haydn (2008) (2017) Ragnhild Berstad. Origo (1989-91) for Solo Double Bass and String Quartet; Anatoly ...

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