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Double bass

The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, the bass fiddle, the string bass, the contrabass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). It has four or five strings, and its construction is in between that of…

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Classification
String instrument (bowed or plucked)
Developed
15th–19th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.322-71 (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow)
Other names
Bass, upright bass, string bass, acoustic bass, acoustic string bass, contrabass, contrabass viol, bass viol, bass violin, standup bass, bull fiddle, doghouse bass, and bass fiddle

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Terminology

Description

Playing style

History

Design

Mechanism of sound production

Pitch

Tuning

Playing and performance considerations

Classical repertoire

Use in jazz

Use in bluegrass and country

Use in popular music

Modern playing styles

Double bassists

Pedagogy and training

Careers

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Double bass

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related to history · 73
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has method · 68
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related to Double bass ensembles · 61
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related to Other tuning variations · 28
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related to Chamber music with double bass · 27
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related to Regular tuning · 17
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related to C extension · 14
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related to Formal training · 14
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related to General · 13
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related to Pitch · 13
Double bass → B0, Both, Bowed, C1, D5, Double, E1, G2, Hz, Natural, Playing, The, This

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bass double string strings instrument music bassists bow use solo violin also jazz classical used players cello basses upright playing

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Double bassClassificationString instrument (bowed or plucked)1.00infobox
Double bassDeveloped15th–19th century1.00infobox
Double bassHornbostel–Sachs classification321.322-71 (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow)1.00infobox
Double bassOther namesBass, upright bass, string bass, acoustic bass, acoustic string bass, contrabass, contrabass viol, bass viol, bass violin, standup bass, bull fiddle, doghouse bass, and bass fiddle1.00infobox
Double bassis aonly modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths0.90text
Double bassis adirect descendant of the viol family is one that has not been entirely resolved.In his A New History of the Double Bass0.90text
Double bassis ametal rod with a spiked or rubberized end called the endpin0.90text
Double bassis atransposing instrument0.90text
the octobassinstance ofexcluding rare additions0.80text
detachéinstance ofwhile a flatter curve and sturdier grip on the bow sacrifices some power for easier control in strokes0.80text
spiccatoinstance ofwhile a flatter curve and sturdier grip on the bow sacrifices some power for easier control in strokes0.80text
and staccato.Bow constructioninstance ofwhile a flatter curve and sturdier grip on the bow sacrifices some power for easier control in strokes0.80text

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