Double bass player Gary Karr has traveled the world with his huge musical instrument. In a piece for our occasional series "Musicians at Work," we hear about Karr's adventures and misadventures at ...

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 ...

A “S'way Back When” project making a double bass using repurposed snow skis for a distinctive musical instrument.

Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...

The double bass — also known as the upright bass, acoustic bass, string bass, contrabass and stand-up bass, among other terms — is loved by many for its big, beautiful shape and its low, warm ...

Jane Little, 87, had spent 71 years with the Atlanta symphony, and collapsed during a performance of "There's No Business Like Show Business" ...

Presented by and at the Mint Theater Company in association with the Working Theatre, 311 W. 43 St., NYC, Feb. 22-March 11. From the evidence of Patrick Suskind's play, "The Double Bass," now ...

The classification of this bass is somewhat confusing as the term '3/4-size' is used to describe what is the most commonly-used size of instrument. It measures 182cm from the tip of the scroll to the ...

Renaud Garcia-Fons is such a virtuoso and Beyond The Double Bass —a compilation drawn from ten previous albums, with an accompanying DVD documentary—is absolutely superb. Garcia-Fons—who favors a five ...

Someone has invented a double bass which breaks down into separate, portable components. Could this put an end to musicians’ travelling woes?