Reading Question

[Deadtone]

This may be a stupid question but:
Is the low E I play on my bass the same low E on the Bass Clef?
explaination...pic
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[WillBuckingham]

No. The double bass "transposes down" one octave. So the sound hear is one octave lower the written note.

-Will

EDIT: Sorry if that's confusing. So when you read that low E, you play your open E string, but the note you actually hear is an octave below that.

[Deadtone]

hmmm I understand...makes sence
thx