The instruments included two bass violins and 43 bows estimated to be worth $1.5 million from the estate of a longtime double ...

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 ...

Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was unstoppable on bass, filling up the empty spaces within the trio format of the Police with a variety of lines, from the simple to the ...

To understand the joyful life that Erik Dyke led, consider his commute to work at the NC Symphony — a chore he performed by ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments ...

Created by Ibanez’s L.A. Custom Shop in 2012, Thundercat’s main axe is a highly customized Ibanez Artcore 6-string. It’s a neck-through with a maple top and back, five-piece maple/jatoba neck, ...

1. How and why did you choose to play your instrument? I started to learn the double bass in a social project for low income children in Brazil, where they teach violin, viola, cello and double bass.

Alison Rayner is an award winning bassist and composer from the UK. The 2019 recipient of an Ivor Novello Composer Award and runner-up ‘Double Bass’ player in the British Jazz Awards for both 2018 and ...

20-pound double bass strapped to his back. For almost 50 years, Dyke served as the symphony’s most enthusiastic ambassador, stepping into the lobby during intermissions with his big bass in tow ...