How to play - Changing the length of the string by pressing down on it changes the frequency of the vibration - and so makes a different note. - The double-bass is a much larger version of than a ...

For the technically minded it is tuned to A0, compared to the C1 that a double bass can stretch to. As you can see, no normal person can reach the neck of an octobass to push down the strings and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just how low can it go? "We can go pretty low," Chappell said, "down to the lowest note on a piano, so, quite a bit lower than a double bass and actually lower than the tuba and the contrabassoon." ...