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double bass
noun
: the largest and lowest-pitched of the stringed instruments that is tuned in fourths
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The pieces were scored for his quintet of violin (viola), piano, electric guitar, double bass and bandoneón.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Closely related to the European double bass, the tololoche is smaller in size.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Born in 1938, Flowers became a musician in the Royal Air Force during the 1950s, playing tuba and taking up double bass as a secondary instrument.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
Rocker, who played cello as a child before switching to double bass, had a few brushes with Bernstein in his youth.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Closely related to the European double bass, the tololoche is smaller in size.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Born in 1938, Flowers became a musician in the Royal Air Force during the 1950s, playing tuba and taking up double bass as a secondary instrument.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
Rocker, who played cello as a child before switching to double bass, had a few brushes with Bernstein in his youth.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Double bass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20bass. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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