Comprehensive Catalogue of Literature for the String Bass

Darius Thieme; Murray Grodner

doi:10.2307/892744

Perpetual Motion in Jazz; For Solo String Bass (With Optional Bass Accompaniment). With Musical Analysis by the Composer

Notes ◽

10.2307/897410 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 420

Author(s):

Bertram Turetzky ◽

David Zinn ◽

Gary Karr ◽

Christopher Benstead ◽

Erich Hartmann

Keyword(s):

Musical Analysis ◽

String Bass ◽

Perpetual Motion

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Notes on the Teaching of the String Bass

American String Teacher ◽

10.1177/000313135800800308 ◽

1958 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 22-24

Author(s):

Allen E. Warner

Keyword(s):

String Bass

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Sex-role Associations of Music Instruments and Occupations by Gender and Major

Journal of Research in Music Education ◽

10.2307/3344680 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 57-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Philip A. Griswold ◽

Denise A. Chroback

Keyword(s):

Multivariate Analysis ◽

Sex Role ◽

Music Majors ◽

String Bass

Undergraduate music majors and nonmajors rated the names of 17 music instruments and two related occupations on a scale from most feminine to most masculine. The harp, flute, and piccolo had high feminine ratings; the trumpet, string bass, and tuba had high masculine ratings. Multivariate analysis indicated that instrument ratings were significantly different for major, but not for gender.

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Double Bass

Music ◽

10.1093/obo/9780199757824-0262 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

John Romey

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

Double Bass ◽

String Instruments ◽

String Bass ◽

String Instrument ◽

Concert Bands ◽

Rock N Roll ◽

The 1960S ◽

Musical Genres ◽

The 19Th Century

The double bass (contrabass, upright bass, string bass, violone) is a large string instrument of three, four, or five strings, made of wood, and played with a bow (arco) or plucked with the fingers (pizzicato). Unique among orchestral string instruments, it shares a history with both viol and violin instrument families. Today it is commonly tuned in fourths with four (E’-A’-D-G) or five (B’/C’-E’-A’-D-G) strings. Other historical tunings include a three-string instrument tuned in fifths (A’-D-G), a four- or five-string “Viennese tuning” (typically F’-A’-D-F#-A, with lowest string optional), and five- and six-string violone tunings: in G (G’-C-F-a-d-g), in A (A’-D-G-b-e-a), or in D (D’-G’-C-E-A-d). It is the only orchestral string instrument with two types of bows—the “overhand” French bow (violin family) and the “underhand” German bow (viol family)—and is the only transposing orchestral string instrument: music is usually notated an octave above sounding pitch (hence the name, double bass, for the instrument’s role in orchestral textures of doubling the violoncello part an octave lower than written). Violones began as the bass voice in viol consorts and realized continuo lines in church, orchestral, and operatic genres. A rich culture of solo and chamber music for a double bass instrument, known today as the Viennese violone, reached a peak of technical virtuosity throughout territories influenced by the Habsburgs between approximately 1750 and the first decade of the 19th century. Other virtuosi, like Domenico Dragonetti and Giovanni Bottesini, both of whom played three-string instruments tuned in fourths, followed in the 19th century. National schools of orchestral playing emerged across Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries alongside the development of the modern orchestra and conservatories. Double bass sections serve essential functions in the orchestra: they add weight, provide dynamic power, reinforce the rhythmic foundation, and shape musical phrases. The 20th century saw a renaissance of double bass virtuosi who inspired the composition of new chamber and solo works for the instrument. In the late 19th century, the double bass also became a common fixture in American ragtime and string bands. The string bass has always served in a supporting role in military and concert bands. It has also maintained a central role in jazz styles since the 1920s, and from the 1940s to the 1960s it was common in American popular musical genres such as country, bluegrass, western swing, rock ’n’ roll, and rockabilly.

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