Deon Rexroat of Anberlin.

A bass player (bassist) is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). Certain musical genres tend to be associated with each of these instruments. Since the 1960s, the electric bass is the standard bass instrument for rock and roll, jazz fusion (and occasionally other forms of jazz), heavy metal, country, reggae and pop music. The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music, Bluegrass, and Swing-era and Bebop-era jazz music. However, there are exceptions in both cases. Some 1990s and 2000s rock, pop, and punk rock/psychobilly bands use a double bass, such as Barenaked Ladies, Two Tons of Steel, Tiger Army, The Living End, HorrorPops occasionally. Some composers of modern art music use the electric bass in a chamber music setting, and some jazz big bands use electric bass. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 502 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 717 pixel, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture with my camera phone at the Anberlin concert at the House of Blues in Cleveland in April 2007. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 502 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 717 pixel, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture with my camera phone at the Anberlin concert at the House of Blues in Cleveland in April 2007. ... Anberlin is an alternative rock band hailing from central Florida that was formed in 2002. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Bluegrass has three principal meanings, the second two both deriving from the first listed. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Tiger Army is a Psychobilly band that was formed in 1995 in Berkeley, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... HorrorPops are a Danish psychobilly band that formed in 1996. ... Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ...

Electric bass players

See also: List of bass guitarists

Electric bassists play the bass guitar. In most jazz, rock, and pop genres, the bass line outlines the harmony of the music being performed, while simultaneously indicating the rhythmic pulse. In addition, there are different standard bass line types for different genres and types of song (e.g. blues ballad, fast swing, etc.). Basslines often emphasize the root, third, and fifth of the chords of the music. In addition, pedal tones (a repeated or sustained single note), ostinatos, and bass riffs are also used as bass lines. This is a list of bass guitarists. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: stubborn, compare English: obstinate) is a motif or phrase which is persistently repeated at the same pitch. ...

Though less common, some bass players employ a polyphonic style of playing instead of a single-note melody, using full chords and double-stops to accent their basslines.

Double bass players

Classical double bass players of historical importance

• Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1845) composer, conductor
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) composer, conductor
• Franz Simandl (1840-1912) composer
• Edouard Nanny (1872-1943) composer
• Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951) Conductor, composer

Domenico Dragonetti with his Gasparo da Salò double bass Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti (April 9, 1763 - April 16, 1846), was an Italian double bass player, born in Venice. ... Giovanni Bottesini. ... Franz Simandl (1840 - 1912) was a double-bassist and pedagogue who is remembered most for his New Method for the Double Bass, 30 Studies, and more advanced collection of studies, Gradus ad Parnassum. ... Edouard Nanny was a famous French double bass player and teacher. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Lists of double bass players

• See List of contemporary classical double bass players
• See List of jazz bassists, which includes both double bass and electric bass players.
• See List of double bass players in other popular genres

Edwin Barker Jeff Bradetich Max Dimoff Larry Wolfe Timothy Cobb Kevin Corren Mark Dresser Paul Ellison Paul Erhard Diana Gannett Barry Green Gary Karr Albert Laszlo Eugene Levinson Homer Mensch Edgar Meyer Orin OBrien Donald Palma Joel Quarrington Hal Robinson Roger Ruggeri Donovan Stokes Bertram Turetzky DaXun Zhang Ricky... The following is a list of noted jazz bassists with Wikipedia articles. ... This song or music-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

External links

• Bass Guitar Magazine - The UKs No.1 magazine for bass players
• Bass Player magazine - Bass Player magazine
• BassPlaza.com - Thousands of bassplayers listed.
• BassGirls web magazine - monthly web magazine
• JazzDoubleBass.com - Resource about Double Bass in jazz