One of the oldest double basses in the world has a rich musical history filled with ghost stories, international fame, an airplane accident and most recently, a six-week visit to BYU. Its previous ...

Usually, the instrument known as the double bass, or contrabass, which sits in the very last row of the string section of an orchestra, is considered an instrument that simply supplies the harmonic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A rare double bass, crafted from spruce and pear wood in the 16th century, but with a ''subwoofer-like quality'', is the latest addition ...

ATLANTA — When Jane Little first saw the double bass in her teens, she was horrified. "I thought now why would any girl want to play that big thing," she said. But the double bass is the instrument ...

The Helsinki Strings boarded a flight to the Faroe Islands for a concert, but when they arrived one of their double basses had been quite shockingly damaged. The ensemble posted a picture of the ...

When John Edwards plays his double bass, he is extraordinarily engaging. He plucks, tweaks, bows, hits and hums aloud. So engrossed is he that it is difficult to look away. One memorable gig, I ...

But despite its ­essential nature, the bass isn’t often featured as a solo instrument. That’s all about to change thanks to one of Australia’s most popular and versatile composers, Elena Kats-Chernin.

The double bass. Everyone knows the double bass—it goes "boom, boom, boom." Sometimes, to paraphrase Sophia Loren, it goes "boom, boody, boom." In the hands of a virtuoso it does so much more than ...

Double bass players are often forgotten in traditional string orchestras, but the Tanglewood Music Center is putting them front and center Balch, Balliett, Bartok and Britten works for bass septet are ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Double bass power couple Kirsty McCahon and Kees Boersma play Delibes' Flower Duet from Lakmé. “[The ...