Assertion: double bass's string | /r/HasProperty | tuned in fifth
Facets:
value: like most modern double basses
type: OTHER
value: at a4
type: LOCATION
value: in fifths
type: TEMPORAL
value: at e5
type: TEMPORAL
value: at d4
type: TEMPORAL
value: at g3
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Violin-family instruments have four strings tuned in fifths.
text: Since there was not originally a bass member of the violin, viola and cello family, luthiers adapted the existing design of the violone (the bass viol, six strings tuned in fourths) to make it better able to accompany the new violin-family instruments.
text: Since the strength of materials imposes limits on the upper string, it is usually tuned to E5, with additional strings tuned in fifths below the usual G3 of a typical four-string violin.
text: The violin has four strings which are tuned in fifths.
text: The violin is a non-transposing instrument and has four strings tuned in fifths at G3, D4, A4, and E5.
text: The strings may be tuned in fourths (E 1 –A 1 –D 2 –G 2 like most modern double basses) or in fifths (C 1 –G 1 –D 2 –A 2 a full octave lower than the cello), and if there are only 3 strings, the missing string is almost always the lowest one (i.e. A 1 –D 2 –G 2 or G 1 –D 2 –A 2 ).
text: The viol differs from the violin in that it has six, seven, or more strings tuned in fourths (compared with the four strings of the violin tuned in fifths), a fretted fingerboard, and a relatively thick body because of the sloping shoulder shape at the joint where the neck meets the body.