double basses
Tallest orchestral string instruments
Double basses are the largest and lowest-pitched instruments in the string family, standing upright and played with a bow or by plucking.
They provide the bass foundation in orchestras and are essential to jazz, bluegrass, and rockabilly.
The singular is double bass, sometimes called an upright bass or contrabass.
- contrabassesLargest orchestral string instruments
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- classical musicWestern orchestral tradition
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
acoustic · fretless · instrumental · arco · symphony · bow · string quartet · chamber music · string ensemble · resonance · stringed instruments · tonal quality · orchestral strings · legato · glissando · orchestral score · fingerboards · jazz trio
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- stringsviolin, guitar, viola, cello, string section
- chamber orchestrastrings, violins, violas, cellos, concertmaster