upright bass

Upright Bass, Double Bass, String Bass, Bass Viol, Contrabass, Bass Fiddle, Bull Fiddle, Acoustic Bass, Standup Bass, Doghouse Bass... (there is no difference among these, they're just different names for the same thing).

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 upright bass is commonly tuned to EADG regardless of music genre, but there are other tunings. Many seasoned professional bassists “tweak” their tuning to improve their sound; we call this “Sweetened Tuning”.

And this is a perfect fourth. And if we pluck e to a it'll sound like the interval of here comes the bride. From the a to the d the next string up. Same idea from the d to the g. Same again.

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.

stringed instrument The double bass (also called the string bass, contrabass, upright bass, acoustic bass or just bass) is a member of the stringed instrument family, which also includes instruments like the violin and guitar.

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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.

There are three general categories of basses: laminated, hybrid, and carved (sometimes called fully-carved). Laminated double basses are made of plywood and are usually the least expensive.

As a member of the violin-family of instruments, the construction of the upright bass is quite different from that of the acoustic bass guitar, as the latter is a derivative of the electric bass guitar, and usually built like a larger and sturdier variant of an acoustic guitar.

The double bass, also known as the upright bass, standup bass, or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. Unlike the bass guitar, it is not a member of the guitar-family of instruments. It's the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths.

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.