The strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2, however the double bass can extend downwards to C1 and reach as high as G5. How to play - Changing the length of the string by pressing down on it ...

Here the Soweto Kinch Trio play their contemporary version of 'Maple Leaf Rag'. 'Ragtime It' is performed by saxophone, drums and double bass. Listen for lots of arpeggios within the melody.

playing whopping great basslines and being a massive rock star. Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was ...

His homecoming reminds Conyers of where his love for playing the double bass began. The double bass, not to be confused with the cello, is twice the size of the aforementioned string instrument ...