Assertion: violin's tuning | /r/HasProperty | universal
Facets:
value: on the bass
type: LOCATION
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The unusual tuning in fourths, which is almost universal on the bass, was adopted because the great length of the strings, (42 1/ 2 inches (108 cm), makes the whole-tone interval in the fingering so large that it can be covered only by the span of the first and fourth fingers.