stand-up bass
Orchestra's lowest strings
A stand-up bass is the largest instrument in the violin family, played upright while standing or sitting on a high stool.
The term distinguishes it from the electric bass guitar, emphasizing its vertical orientation and acoustic nature.
Also called an upright bass, double bass, or contrabass: The jazz trio featured piano, drums, and stand-up bass.
String-plucking technique
- arcoPlay with bow
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- shiftingChanging position or form
fingering · double-stops · harmonics · glissando · portamento · spiccato · tremolo · sustain
Extended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- arcoPlay with bow
- bowingBending forward in deference
philharmonic · ensemble · conductor · recital · soloist · virtuoso · score · composition
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- comboItems grouped together
- gigShort-term paid work
groove · fusion · standards · trio · quartet · thumping · bandstand · nightclub
pizzicato
String-plucking technique
- arcoPlay with bow
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- intonationPitch variation in speech
shifting · fingering · double-stops · harmonics · glissando · portamento · spiccato · tremolo · sustain · attack
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
bowing · philharmonic · ensemble · conductor · recital · soloist · virtuoso · score · composition · overture
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- comboItems grouped together
gig · groove · fusion · standards · trio · quartet · thumping · bandstand · nightclub · bluegrass
f-holes
Violin's resonance vents
- scrollWound document of parchment
- tailpieceConcluding addition to text
- fingerboardString instrument's pitch surface
bridge · ebony · soundpost · strings · gut · luthier · carved · laminated · three-quarter · full-size
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
rich · acoustic · timbre · sustain · thump · growl · bloom · projection · low-end · fundamental
- bass instrumentstuba, contrabass, bassoon, contrabassoon, sousaphone
- RockabillyElvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records, twang, psychobilly
- Psychobillypsychobilly, rockabilly, pompadour, quiff, creepers
- folk instrumentsbanjo, bodhrán, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle
- Swing Erabig band, swing music, swing, swing era, big band era
standing, bass, understanding, outstanding, withstand, misunderstanding, stand-up, double bass, standee