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The double bass (/ ˈ d ʌ b əl b eɪ s /), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, 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]
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 ...
The contrabassoon is a very deep-sounding woodwind instrument that plays in the same sub-bass register as the tuba, double bass, or contrabass clarinet.It has a sounding range beginning at B ♭ 0 (or A 0, on some instruments) and extending up over three octaves to D 4, though the highest fourth is rarely scored for.
EMS–1235 Double Mandolin (mandolin [31] or short neck guitar [32] & normal guitar, hollow-body (1958–1962) or solid-body (1962-)) EBSF–1250 Double Bass (4 string bass & guitar, built-in fuzz effect) [33] EBS–1250 Double Bass (6 string bass & guitar) [31] [33] EDS–1250 (6 string bass & 4 string bass) Barney Kessel (1961–1974) Barney ...
As with the American Standard double basses also made by H. N. White, the King Mortone basses had a longer than usual 43 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch mensure (scale length), which was about 1 1/2 inches longer than most 3 ⁄ 4 size double basses. This makes them somewhat more difficult to play for some players, though it is a key component of the ...
O'Brien was born in Hollywood, California, to actors George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill.She began her studies with Milton Kestenbaum, former principal bass of the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner and member of the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini; and with Herman Reinshagen, assistant-principal bass of the New York Philharmonic under Gustav Mahler and Arturo Toscanini at the ...
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 .
Contrabass (from Italian: contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.