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double bass

acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family
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Summary

double bass is a type of musical instrument[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,894 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Instrument of the Year[3]
  • Instance of: bass[4]
  • Subclass of: viol[5]
  • Part of: violin family[6], viol family[7]
  • Commons category: Double basses[8]
  • Inception: 1400[9], 1800[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Double basses[11]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Used by: double-bassist[17]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 321.322-71[18]
  • Different from: acoustic bass guitar[19]
  • Lowest note: D[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

double bass has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

It has been cited as an influence by Butch Warren[24], a jazz musician[25], 1939–2013[26], of United States[27].

FAQs

What awards did double bass receive?

Honors received include Instrument of the Year[3].

Who did double bass influence?

double bass has been cited as an influence by Butch Warren[24].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 2010.instrument-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . 2010.instrument-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0210212-kontrabas
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0210212-kontrabas, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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