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The instruments of the modern orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family, with over 500 illustrations and plates;, 1910
14 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026. Printed page 118. See the scan on archive.org.
1flat back. The bow is shorter and stouter in make than the violin bow.
3Production of Sound. The chief differences between the 'cello and double bass in producing the sound is that in the latter, owing to the extreme length of the string, the stretches for the fingers are very great and owing to the thickness of the strings great force is required to press them against the fingerboard when they are vibrating.
5On account of the great size of the double bass the performer often plays standing.
7This instrument has sometimes three strings, tuned in England to G, D, A;
9in France and Italy to
11However, the four stringed double bass is now almost exclusively in use in orchestras, and these four strings are tuned in fourths thus:
13The F or bass clef is always used in notation and to save so many ledger lines, the music is always written an 8ve. higher than played; but the double bass is not a transposing instrument. Mr. A. C. White, however, finding that music demanded lower notes still of the double bass, first tuned his three strings to
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