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 ...

The most common story is that Leo Fender invented the electric bass with his Precision model in 1951. Not so. The first bass ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations ... Meanwhile, [Martin] from the band [Wintergatan] is using marbles to play a bass guitar. [Martin] starts out with a basic setup.

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 ...

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 master of the six-string bass, Thundercat, whose father Ronald Bruner played drums for The Temptations and The Supremes, first left his mark with thrash/punk favorites Suicidal Tendencies.

By Georgina BenisonFado – the traditional Portuguese singing style – defies definition; it is purely and uniquely fado. So it ...

MUS185 is advised instead of MUS186 Global Popular Music unless a student enters the degree program with 6+ credit hours of Miami Plan fulfilled. 1 6 credit hours of Perspectives Areas must double dip ...

Performance requirement: Half recital in year 4, semester 7 while registered for 400-level Applied Music. Major instrument requirement: Guitar: MUS454 Guitar Repertory and Pedagogy (2) Minor applied ...

It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will ... it's rare but I've found ...