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Piccolo bass
Bass tuned to a higher frequency / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A piccolo bass is either an electric bass or acoustic double bass which has been tuned to a higher frequency, usually one octave higher than conventional bass tuning. This allows bass players to use higher registers during soloing while retaining a familiar scale length and string spacing.
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Quick Facts String instrument, Classification ...
![]() A 1963 Hofner Model 185 bass converted to piccolo tuning | |
String instrument | |
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Classification | String instrument (bowed, fingered, picked, tapped and occasionally strummed) |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
Inventor(s) | Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke |
Developed | 1970s |
Playing range | |
![]() (a standard tuned four-string piccolo bass guitar) | |
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