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Caribbean Double Bass Guitar Analysis

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The double bass, to a non-musician, can just look like a giant guitar, but in reality it is less like a guitar and more like a giant violin. The double bass is the biggest of the violin family but emanates a lower pitch than most of the other family members. The solo “Pirates Of The Caribbean Double Bass Solo” is an awesome example of how this instrument can tell a story just with its notes. This melody is not an easy one to remember, it can be very complex since it has so many different notes to achieve in such a close amount of time. The double bass is not a simple instrument to play especially because of its low pitch and its volume. The tone of the instrument does not let the musician play very high notes because this instrument is made with low range. I can only hear one clear theme in this work and that is what makes it …show more content…

But with time there are consonant harmonies in this work because the dissonance finally meets stage where the notes fall back into a pleasant sound and no longer makes us humans tensioned. The rhythm to this piece is very important because through the rhythm is where the artist portrays the journey of the pirates and takes you to another world while listening to it, it takes you to the actual movie! When I listen to this piece my emotions are adventurous. Listening to this piece makes me want to be the pirate Jack and go find some gold and kill some sailors. The whole piece itself I would describe it as a color blue, blue for its adventurousness and bravery. the texture can be thin just because of the reason the double-bass does not create a thick texture but this does not take away from the piece. The piece is perfectly fine played with the double-bass. In fact, with any other instrument it wouldn’t have captured the musicians true purpose of adventurouness and bravery in the way it

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