The Hindu

Double the innovation: How musicians niftily weave in king-sized double bass into Indian compositions

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...
Classic FM

Double basses aren’t supposed to look like this: string orchestra’s instrument destroyed during flight

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 ...
WHYY

Penn researchers are using CT scanning to unlock the secrets of centuries-old basses and string instruments

U-Penn Phd.D student Leening Liu works to align the bass in the CT scanner for. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...
KLTV

New shop coming to Kilgore will sell stringed instruments, give music lessons

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - You often can’t see who’s pulling the strings, but whoever is playing the strings, well, that person usually wants to be seen. And there is a new business coming into downtown ...
BBC

Using instruments in my music

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

For one Baja Orchestra musician, it’s all about the bass – the double bass with his name on it

TIJUANATIJUANA — Andrés Martín, a double bass player with the Baja California Orchestra, always wished that music would take him places. That dream is about to become a reality — literally. The Buenos ...