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 ...

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These are called passing notes. Find a bass instrument and practise playing the root note along with the chord. Hold the root note for four beats, then move to the next root note when the chord ...

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But, if you have 3D printed your instrument like this bass clarinet from [Jared], then you can build it to be in whichever key you’d like. The bass clarinet is typically an instrument that comes ...

The Mighty Music Makers create musical instruments using everyday objects. Saxophonist and TV presenter YolanDa Brown goes to a school and helps children create a Big Box Bass using a broom handle ...