double bass• This is even more pronounced on a double bass which has even lower-pitched notes.• I met him at a dance, a nicesoldier who was playing double bass in the band.• He wrote prolifically for the double bass, as well as for other solo instruments and ensembles.• The normallayout of the stringorchestra is in four-part harmony, the double bass either doubling the cellos or being silent.• Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure.