Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; , as in "base") is a stringed instrument played primarily with the finger (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. The bass is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and scale length, and usually four string tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, or one octave lower in pitch than the four lower strings of a guitar (E, A, D, and G). Bass guitar is notated in bass clef an octave higher than the sound it makes. Since the 1950, the electric bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. The bass guitar provides the low-pitched bassline and bass run in many different styles of music ranging from rock and metal to blues and jazz. It is also used as a soloing instrument in jazz, fusion, Latin, funk, and rock styles. In the 1930s, inventor Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington, developed the first... full article at wikipedia