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 ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument and a double bass is the lowest pitched string instrument found in an orchestra. A trumpet is the highest pitched brass instrument in an orchestra ...

Moshe Bukshpan and the Red Rocks Music Festival are again to be congratulated on securing a striking lineup of artists for ...

He only took up the double bass the summer before he entered college, since learning a string instrument was required for music majors. About three months into college, LaFaro decided to concentrate ...

The cello, otherwise known as a violoncello, is a bowed instrument with four strings. It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well ...