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Double Bass True or false
- Thread starter Bonerific
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Upright bass and cello are two different instruments. I happen to play both. Cello is much smaller and tuned in 5ths like a violin .upright Bass is usually tuned in 4ths like a bass guitar. To play cello you sit on a regular chair. To play upright bass you stand or sit on a high stool like a bar stool.
It's amazing to me how many people don't know the difference. I get asked all the time if my bass is a cello.
It's amazing to me how many people don't know the difference. I get asked all the time if my bass is a cello.
No. An upright bass is not a cello. They are in different pitch ranges.
A bass is in the "bass voice" and a cello is in the "tenor voice". A viola is in the "alto voice" and a violin is in the "soprano voice". Just like a vocal chorus or quartet.
A bass is in the "bass voice" and a cello is in the "tenor voice". A viola is in the "alto voice" and a violin is in the "soprano voice". Just like a vocal chorus or quartet.
A double bass, "doubles" the bass part or cello, so it is deeper.
I think
...and sounds an octave below the written notes in bass clef, so it is "double bass." That's the other story that goes with the word "double."
That's neat-- the "Look Here" trick.
I'm jealous. .. . how you do that?
Oops. . .I hope I don't get a "Look Here", too
I'm jealous. .. . how you do that?
Oops. . .I hope I don't get a "Look Here", too
That's neat-- the "Look Here" trick.
I'm jealous. .. . how you do that?
Oops. . .I hope I don't get a "Look Here", too
PM sent.
A cello is a bass that should have been dry-cleaned but was washed at home and put in the dryer.
A cello professor once told me that the main difference between a cello and a bass is that a bass burns longer...really!
If you look in the Bass Humor section, there's a whole thread on this, including the question, "Is that a big cello?"
If you look in the Bass Humor section, there's a whole thread on this, including the question, "Is that a big cello?"
Matthew Tucker
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if you *really* want to be one-up on your big brother ... get a double bass and learn to play it . Coolest instrument ever.
. Coolest instrument ever.
The sad part is that you're a member of a bass forum and you still had to ask if an upright bass and a cello were the same.
Jake deVilliers
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The sad part is that you're a member of a bass forum and you still had to ask if an upright bass and a cello were the same.
Nah, he just needed backup so he could collect from his big brother!
The sad part is that you're a member of a bass forum and you still had to ask if an upright bass and a cello were the same.
Is the tone of an electric bass closer to a double bass or cello?
