Double Bass Strings
Double Bass Strings, Upright Bass Strings
The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). Structurally akin to the cello, it typically features four or five strings.
An integral part of the modern orchestra's string section, alongside violins, viola, and cello, the bass is also often played in concert bands, concertos, solo performances, and chamber music. Beyond Western classical music, the bass is used in genres including jazz, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, country music, bluegrass, tango, folk music, and film and video game soundtracks.
As a transposing instrument, the bass is typically notated one octave higher than its tuned pitch to mitigate excessive ledger lines below the staff. Notably, the double bass stands as the sole modern bowed string instrument tuned in fourths (similar to a bass guitar, viol, or the first four strings of a standard guitar), rather than fifths, with strings typically tuned to E1, A1, D2, and G2.
Also commonly known as: Bass Fiddle, Bass Violin, Contrabass, String Bass and Upright Bass.