The double bass is generally regarded as a modern descendant of the string family of instruments that originated in Europe in the 15th century, and as such has been described as a bass Violin.[5] ...

Double bass player Tihomir Hojsak has shared his frustrations online, after his instrument was broken beyond repair on a Turkish Airlines flight. On arriving at Franjo Tuđman airport in Zagreb, ...

Vi learns more about why George decided to play this instrument, how the double bass makes music, and how its sound fits in with the rest of the orchestra. Learn more at https: ...

The double bass is the biggest of the string family of instruments - usually weighing nearly 30 kilograms (66 pounds) and with a height taller than most grown men. But whenever there’s an opportunity ...

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

Meyer is one of the most accomplished practitioners of the double bass since the instrument was invented. The 55-year-old has collaborated with giants of each genre of music he’s worked in, such ...

Double bass players looking for an easy way to carry their favourite musical instrument may be interested in the TravelBass, the collapsible double bass that packs down small enough to be even ...

The double bass being scanned is a massive instrument over 5 feet tall. The four strings that typically run down the center had been removed for scanning. It’s considered a rare model and ...

The patient on the bed wasn’t of flesh and bone, and there was no disease that the machine could scan for. Instead, this was a 19th-century double bass, the largest of the string instruments, on loan ...

Classical music bass player, Olalekan Adebayo, has lamented that the Nigerian music industry has no place for the classical double bass instrument. The well-travelled and veteran classic bass ...