The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

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It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...

Japanese double bass master Tetsu Saitoh is one of the most original players of the bull fiddle. He is a resourceful and inventive free improviser but also feels at home when is playing Argentine ...

1. How and why did you choose to play your instrument? I started to learn the double bass in a social project for low income children in Brazil, where they teach violin, viola, cello and double bass.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Certain musical instruments are becoming ‘endangered’ as children turn away from them to other, more popular, ones. The French ...

Double bass players looking for an easy way to carry their favourite musical instrument may be interested in the TravelBass, the collapsible double bass that packs down small enough to be even carried ...