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 ...

We asked the legendary double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer the internet's most-searched questions about the double bass. Hello I am double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer and I'm being told that ...

In a 2017 TV recording made with the Murshidabadi Project, a Sufi musical initiative, Debjit can be seen playing the double bass in arco (with a bow) and pizzicato (string plucking) methods, taking ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — When Jane Little first saw the double bass in her teens, she was horrified. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. "I thought ...

The Observer film critic’s first passion was music. In this extract from his new memoir he reveals why slapping the strings till his fingers bled was worth it Mark Kermode: ‘There’s magic in going ...