| DOUBLE BASS | Stringed instrument, the lowest in the violin family. It is sometimes played with a bow.
The double bass is first used to support the rhythm, before it becomes a solist instrument [very developped in the free jazz].
Selection of double bass players: Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Miroslav Vitous, Niels-Henning-Ørsted Perdersen [NHOP]... [ ]
| | GLAESEL | Stringed instrument maker since 1720. USA. [ ]
| | HORA | Roumanian instrument maker: violins, mandolins, guitars, double basses, cellos... Site in english; [ ]
| | PAULO GOMES | Brasilian double bass maker. [ ]
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