The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

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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 ...

One of the most recognizable instruments in both jug band and American folk music has got to be the washtub bass. Also known as gutbuckets, these instruments tend to use an old broom for a neck and ...

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