There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

Listen to the cymbals in an extract from Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Duration: 0:27 Listen to the double bass section. Listen to the ...