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The double bass, or string bass is the largest and lowest instrument of the string family. The double bass has rounded shoulders instead of square shoulders like the other string instruments. Because of its size, the player stands or sits on a high stool to play it.
In the orchestra the bass supplies power, weight and rhythmic foundation. It entered the orchestra in the late 17th century. It often doubles the cello line one octave lower. In Pops concerts often one may hear a single bass playing what in jazz is known as a “walking bass line”: a series on notes that “walk” from one chord to the next.
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