The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used ...

Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was unstoppable ... It has a bitter quality about it, that's all.’ “This ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...