string bass
Noun
Meaning
string bass (plural string basses)
Synonym of double bass (“lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family”).
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No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
As the music moved into bars and brothels, the upright bass gradually replaced these wind instruments around the 1920s. citation Many early bassists doubled on both the brass bass ( tuba ) and string bass, as the instruments were then often referred to.
Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a double bass or string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.
Hipshots typically drop the "E"-string down to "D" on a four string bass.
I'd have the string bass, an electric guitar and a baritone all in unison.
In this context, the tuba was sometimes called "brass bass", as opposed to the double bass (string bass).