Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Double bassesDouble basses are tuned in 4ths because they are the last surviving member of the viol family of stringed instruments - Viols were tuned in 4ths and often had movable catgut frets. They were shaped like double basses (with sloped shoulders) only smaller and were played vertically - on the lap, like a small cello.
The violin and viola are variants on the cello, hence the shape of the body and the 5th tuning.
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 15:43, Reply)
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