Happy Jack Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/andreas-zeller-made-romania-case-very-good-condition-bass-violin-/180773245225?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a16ecd129"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/andreas-zeller-made-romania-case-very-good-condition-bass-violin-/180773245225?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a16ecd129[/url] Forgive my ignorance, but I had no idea such an instrument actually existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Bass violin = double bass. Although the thing in the pic is clearly a cello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwoff Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edvSGawh7jQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edvSGawh7jQ[/url] Celloo you got a bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janmaat Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 A cello is a bass violin, since it plays the bass lines e.g. in chamber music. If you need to double the bass up in an orchestral setting, and play bass notes an octave lower, you have a double bass, hence the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks Janmaat ... that makes perfect sense to me. mfg (is that right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1323940271' post='1468809'] A cello is a bass violin, since it plays the bass lines e.g. in chamber music. If you need to double the bass up in an orchestral setting, and play bass notes an octave lower, you have a double bass, hence the name. [/quote] This is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Ta for that - I consider myself edumacated. In my defence, 'bass fiddle' is a term used widely in bluegrass and old-timey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1323945209' post='1468894'] Ta for that - I consider myself edumacated. [/quote] I'm afraid I think you've been slightly [b]mis[/b]-educated: the bass vioin was a historical precursor of the cello, rather than a cello [i]per se[/i]. [i]Bass violins were usually somewhat larger than the modern cello, but tuned the same or sometimes just one step lower than it. Contemporary names for these instruments include "basso de viola da braccio," "basso da braccio," or the generic term "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violone"]violone[/url]," which simply meant "large fiddle."[/i] ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_violin"]bass violin wiki[/url]) Unless it's just a language issue, it may be that this instrument is a modern reproduction of one of these historical instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Now, my dear old mum has been telling me that a double bass is also known as a bass cello. I'd never heard anything remotely like this until reading the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Is that Carol Kaye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ficelles Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1323945209' post='1468894'] Ta for that - I consider myself edumacated. In my defence, 'bass fiddle' is a term used widely in bluegrass and old-timey... [/quote] Saw the excellent Sharon Shannon's band a few years back and loved the way she calls db "bull fiddle"... ficelles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1323964213' post='1469275'] Is that Carol Kaye? [/quote] My mum is way cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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