DOUBLEBASS

Double bass

The double bass, or upright bass, also called the string bass, bass fiddle, bass violin, doghouse bass, contrabass, bass viol, stand-up bass, bull fiddle or simply bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument of the viol family in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2 . The double bass is a standard member of the string section of the orchestra and smaller string ensembles in Western classical music. The double bass is played either with ...

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double bass

Noun

  1. The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.
  2. The deepest of all male voices.
    Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.


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