bass fiddles
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Bass fiddles is the plural of bass fiddle, an informal name for the double bass—the largest and lowest-pitched instrument in the violin family.
The term emphasizes its role as the bass voice in ensembles: The jazz combo featured two bass fiddles.
Bass fiddle sounds folksy compared to the more formal double bass or contrabass.
- contrabassLargest bowed string instrument
- acousticRelating to sound
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- string sectionBowed instrument ensemble
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
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