In jazz, blues, and rockabilly, pizzicato is the norm. In orchestral repertoire and tango music, both arco and pizzicato are employed. The double bass is played with a bow (arco), or by plucking the strings (pizzicato), or via a variety of extended techniques. The instrument's exact lineage is still a matter of some debate, with scholars divided on whether the bass is derived from the viol or the violin family. In contrast, all other bowed chordophones are tuned to perfect fifths. The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths (like a bass guitar or viol), rather than fifths, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2. The bass is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher than tuned to avoid excessive ledger lines below the staff. The bass is used in a range of other genres, such as jazz, 1950s-style blues and rock and roll, rockabilly, psychobilly, traditional country music, bluegrass, tango and folk music. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo, and chamber music in Western classical music.
The Double bass has a similar structure to the cello. The double bass, also known simply as the bass (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Sample of a double bass playing a walking bassline.
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