contrabass

double bass, also called contrabass, string bass, bass, bass viol, bass fiddle, or bull fiddle, French contrebasse, German Kontrabass, stringed musical instrument, the lowest-pitched member of the violin family, sounding an octave lower than the cello.

The terms for the instrument among classical performers are contrabass (which comes from the instrument's Italian name, contrabbasso), string bass (to distinguish it from brass bass instruments in a concert band, such as tubas), or simply bass.

A double bass instrument is made by mounting four heavy strings on a hollow body. It is played by sliding a bow across the strings, causing them to vibrate through the hollow body. Double bass can also be played standing up, plucking the strings instead of sliding the bow, in a technique called pizzicato.

What is a double bass? The double bass, or contrabass as it is sometimes known, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed stringed instrument in a modern classical symphony orchestra.

Although the name implies an octave transposition - as in contrabassoon or contrabass - the contrabass trombone plays at concert pitch, no transposition.

Together. But some say it's called the double bass. Simply because it's roughly twice the size of a cello. Another thing people always ask me is don't you get tired of hauling that thing around.

The origin of the name of the double bass stems from the fact that its initial function was to double the bass line of large ensembles. 3. This hefty instrument has several nicknames including contrabass, string bass, bass, bass viol, bass fiddle, or bull fiddle.

Contrabass refers to a instrument even lower in pitch than the usual bass instrument in a particular instrument family - such as a contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet, etc. Rarely, It can be yet another name for string bass.

Contrabass and Double Bass are two names for the same instrument. Check out a couple of the recent threads under DB - Basses. You will know which ones when you see the titles.

Contrabass (from Italian: contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch - generally one octave below bass register instruments.

The bassoons are in C with the contrabassoon transposing down an octave. It does this even if its part wanders into tenor clef, making it one of very few transposing instruments to use a tenor clef.

The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the orchestra. It emits low and muted tones, sometimes rhythmic, sometimes long, but almost always incredibly powerful. The double bass part often forms a stable foundation over which the rest of the orchestra's notes can resound.