The double bass, which is a large violin. The electric bass was designed to be a scaled down version of this.
The string family.
yes.
Yes. The first electric guitar was on the market in 1932, the first electric bass guitar was on the market in 1935.
It is a plucked, fretted, stringed electrophone. In other words, it has strings which are plucked; the strings are pressed down behind metal frets to determine pitch, and the instrument's sound is amplified electrically. Less technically, it is most closely related to the electric guitar, with some input from the orchestral double-bass, and it has acoustic ancestors including the Mando-bass, the Bass Banjo and the Contrabass Balalaika. The actual Acoustic Bass Guitar, however is a recent invention, dating from no earlier than the late 1960s.
The harp is in the strings family. Other instruments in the same family are: the violin/fiddle, viola, cello, double bass, electric violin, electric viola, electric cello, electric double bass, harp, laser harp, banjo, and the ukulele. There are still a lot more though.. but I felt like naming a few. :) Hope this at least helped a little.
The string family.
Yes.
The electric bass is in the string family. The qualification for being in the string family is the ability to produce sound through the vibration of strings.
yes.
In the string family is the guitar, electric bass, violin, viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, Ukulele, and harp.
Yes. The first electric guitar was on the market in 1932, the first electric bass guitar was on the market in 1935.
6 string guitar = treble electric bass= bass
It is a plucked, fretted, stringed electrophone. In other words, it has strings which are plucked; the strings are pressed down behind metal frets to determine pitch, and the instrument's sound is amplified electrically. Less technically, it is most closely related to the electric guitar, with some input from the orchestral double-bass, and it has acoustic ancestors including the Mando-bass, the Bass Banjo and the Contrabass Balalaika. The actual Acoustic Bass Guitar, however is a recent invention, dating from no earlier than the late 1960s.
The electric bass. Probably the electric bass ^ Pfft. I wish. But the acoustic guitar is a LOT more popular than the electric bass. Many people have no idea what a bass guitar is!
The inventor of the electric bass is Paul Tutmarc .
Because you play them all with strings
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