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A double bass has been rendered unplayable, after suffering ‘irrecoverable damage’ on a Turkish Airlines flight. Double bass player Tihomir Hojsak has shared his frustrations online, after his ...
This double bassist realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suites could sound beautifully natural on the double bass.
Acclaimed double bassist Gary Karr is 77 years old, but his nearly life-long love affair with the musical instrument is as strong as ever. “I think I’m sexually attracted to it,” Karr said ...
A double bass, the biggest, deepest beast of the orchestral strings, is embalmed in toffee in a Yarra Valley gallery. Over the next couple of months, with agonising slowness, that toffee will ...
A rare double bass, crafted from spruce and pear wood in the 16th century, but with a ''subwoofer-like quality'', is the latest addition to the Australian Chamber Orchestra's line-up of ...
Jane Little, Atlanta's Dainty Double-Bass Player For 71 Years, Dies Onstage : Deceptive Cadence The bassist joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1945, when she was just 16 years old. She died ...
Meet our Professional Experience Student, double bass player Marcus Vinicius de Oliveira ...