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The 11 pages that link to Double bass, each with the reason it gives.

• CelloCompared with: Its standard tuning lies an octave below the cello’s, and it extends farther into the bass register.

• Bluegrass musicRelated: Its steady plucked pulse anchors bluegrass tempos.

• Walking bassRelated: It is the standard acoustic instrument used to play walking bass in jazz.

• Bass guitarCompared with: The electric bass developed partly as a louder, more portable substitute for it.

• Jaco PastoriusCompared with: Pastorius brought the expressive authority of jazz upright bass into an amplified electric instrument.

• Serge KoussevitzkyRelated: Before becoming known chiefly as a conductor, Koussevitzky built a career as a virtuoso bassist.

• String orchestraRelated: Double basses anchor the ensemble's lowest register.

• Charles MingusRelated: Mingus’s powerful bass lines anchored his ensembles while commenting melodically.

• A Tribe Called QuestRelated: Ron Carter’s acoustic bass playing gives “Verses from the Abstract” a rare live-jazz foundation.

• Giovanni BottesiniNarrower topic: Bottesini made this orchestral instrument a prominent solo voice.

• Patrick SüskindBroader topic: This early success established Süskind as a dramatist before his best-known novel.