Double Bass

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Technical aspects of the Double Bass in changes
Physical changes in the instrument
This is still a debate on whether the base comes from the violin family or shrimp family (some research shows even family ties guitar all the time. The only thing we are sure the tool is still under development in relation to the time it was used in the music.
The history of the base begins about the first half of the 16th century, based on the violin family.However the term "base" is not often used until the end of the 18th century was called "violin" because of its roots to the family of instruments. The first instruments were completely different today, because of the facts that the proportions are not standardized instruments caused by luthiers to make cellos sizes vary from small to gigantic size low.
Tuning differences and additional strings
Musicians today can not imagine how there were many phases in the reconciliation of the base over the past centuries. This sometimes gave
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"What is strange instruments you play?" Listeners always ask. They note that the player leans on a stick-mantis seems to hold. He began his strings and powerful bass sounds.
Bass violins have been around for many centuries. The base is used in modern symphony orchestras have continuously developed three old gut-string four and five of lower steel wire today. Tonal range has been expanded to meet the demands of composers and arrangers. Nice old bazaar is a valuable non-renewable resource, but there are some manufacturers continue to build good instruments. These range in cost from $ 8,000 to $ 35,000.
The practical acoustic bass in many modern musical performance environments is questionable. Fragile construction problems, poor audibility, and management has led to its virtual abandonment of popular music, often replaced by low-cost and easy to play

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