also known as the contrabass or bass viol expressionism: a term denoting a certain trend in music beginning during the second decade of the 20th century, particularly in Austria and Germany. It was taken over from the graphic arts in which it designated a group of German painters who cultivated a style of emotionalism and deeply probing self expression figured bass: another term for basso continuo; see above
Largest and lowest-pitched member of the bowed string family. Also called contrabass or bass viol. The double bass, the lowest member of the bowed string family, has a thick, weighty tone. Example: Mahler, Symphony No. 1, third movement Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
The double bass is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony orchestrashttp://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/~ahugill/manual The Orchestra: A User's Manual, Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra and smaller string ensembleshttp://www.earlybass.com/chamber.htm Chamber Music in the Vienna Double Bass Archive, Alfred Planyavsky. In addition, it is used in other genres such as jazz, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, psychobilly, and bluegrass.