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 ...

We asked the legendary double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer the internet's most-searched questions about the double bass. Hello I am double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer and I'm being told that ...

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One of the oldest and largest orchestral instruments in the world will be stunning audiences in the hands of Australian Chamber Orchestra's Max Bibeau. A 16th century double bass is showcasing its ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

As the principal bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Joel Quarrington is always looking for a musical challenge. That explains how he came to have a 15-minute piece of new Canadian music ...