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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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 ...
Herbie Flowers — who performed with David Bowie, Paul McCartney, and created the iconic bassline for Lou Reed’s 'Walk on the ...
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