An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played … ...

Far from an instrument that you pluck to keep time, like the bathtub bass of the early Dixieland era, the bass violin (I use this term to emphasize that it is part of the string or violin section of ...

Trembly’s fellow Philharmonic bass player David Moore observes: “The sound of one bass or even a bass section is probably the most obscure instrumental sound in the entire orchestra.

Daniel Bernard Roumain (speaking to the audience from the stage): You know when I was growing up I wanted my violin to sound like a bass guitar. I wanted my violin to sound like an electric guitar ...

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