As with the 2016 orchestra of 80 bassists, the double bass orchestra will be divided into 5 sections like a string quartet. Bassists in the 4 upper parts all have fun playing melodies. For the ...

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 ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

Blanchard brought the trumpet to his lips, and so began a night of bluesy musings commemorating jazz saxophonist and composer ...

What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...