The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths, rather than fifths. The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert ...

Meyer is one of the most accomplished practitioners of the double bass since the instrument was invented. The 55-year-old has collaborated with giants of each genre of music he’s worked in, such ...

Photographer Jason South visits the Hawthorn workshop of wooden instrument maker Benedict Puglisi who won a major international award for making a double bass. June 21, 2010 — 12.00am ...

Though the double bass is a difficult instrument to master due to its large size, many musicians and composers have adapted it to suit the Indian soundscape.

A double bass has been rendered unplayable, after suffering ‘irrecoverable damage’ on a Turkish Airlines flight. Double bass player Tihomir Hojsak has shared his frustrations online, after his ...

Concertos for other instruments have increased over the years, but it is very rare to hear a concerto for double bass, the largest and deepest stringed instrument.

The well-travelled and veteran classic bass instrumentalist, said the industry does not believe the double bass can fit into any afro-music genre, more less a solo instrument.

It's often tempting for musicians to project limitations onto an instrument, but in truth, the instrument rarely deserves blame; an instrument, after all, is simply an inanimate object, so it's up to ...

Upright bass virtuoso and composer Adam Ben Ezra could likely have an instrument made for him anywhere in the world.

Certain musical instruments are becoming ‘endangered’ as children turn away from them to other, more popular, ones. The French horn, double bass and trombone are being neglected, according to a recent ...