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Double Bass

Best known as a jazz instrument, the double bass has kept cab drivers in work for years

As with all the other string instruments, the bass is played with the left hand pitching the notes, and the right hand stroking the bow or plucking the strings.

Best known as a jazz instrument, the double bass has kept cab drivers in work for years.

With music played by Marc Johnson and Frantisek Posta.

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4 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project