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  Double bass
The double bass is a musical instrument, the largest and lowest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the violin, viola, and cello.
The double bass is used extensively in western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony orchestras and smaller string ensembles.
Occasionally the bass bow is strung with fl horse hair, as opposed to the customary white horse hair used for the string family.
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 Double bass -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The double bass, unlike the rest of the violin family, still reflects influence and can be considered partly derived from the (Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family) viol family of instruments.
The bass bow is strung with white or fl horse hair or a combination of fl and white.
One of the very few double bass (A composition for orchestra and a soloist) concertos is by (United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)) Serge Koussevitzky (better known as a (The person who leads a musical group) conductor), a piece written in 1905.
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 Encyclopedia: Electric upright bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The electric upright bass (mostly called EUB) is an electrically amplified version of the double bass.
The first electric upright basses were developed in the mid-1930's by Rickenbacker.
Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a popular term that refers to electric and acoustic basses - stringed instruments similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch.
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 blink182.ca - Upright Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Southwest Strings is a fine retailer of violins, violas, cellos and basses.
There were times Thursday night when it appeared the bass player Edgar Meyer might topple beneath the weight of his behemoth double bass.
And there's orchestra, which means learning to play an upright bass in front of a crowd.
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 Bass Books Electric and Upright: Bass Lessons .com Bass Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bass Heroes : Styles, Stories and Secrets of 30 Great Bass Players From the Pages of Guitar Player Magazine, by Tom Mulhern (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1993.
The term BASS alone turns up hundreds of text and bass fishing titles.
Electric Bass Improvisation (The Complete Electric Bass Player Series, No 3) Vol 3 by Chuck Rainey / Paperback / Published 1996.
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 Dave On Bass - Bass Links
From this list, the best bass player of all time is:
Victor Wooten - Me and my Bass Guitar
Mickey D - One Thin Man, One Big Bass
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