double bass (Contrabass of modern violin family)
~ String instrument
Description
Known also as contrabass or upright bass, it is the largest and lowest-pitched member of the modern violin family and a principal member of the symphony orchestra.
Relationships
| used in: | tango |
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| used in (as contrabass): | western classical |
| used in (as wood bass): | bluegrass dixieland |
| derivations: | electric upright bass |
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| derived from: | violone (Contra/double-bass member of the viol family) |
| related instruments: | tololoche |
| part of: | string quintet (ensemble of 2 violins, viola, cello and a fifth string instrument) (optional, amount: 1) violin family (Modern violin family) |
| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/contrabass/contrabass.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q80019 [info] |
| information page: | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Double_Bass [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_main_contrabass.html [info] |
