Stand Up Bass Blog #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3jT0uaZw0

--How is it played? What does the person have to do to produce sound?
The instrument is played by stroking/strumming/plucking the strings.
--How do you change a note? (you might have to watch very carefully to see this)
You can change the note by applying pressure on different frets and stroking the different strings.
--How is it shaped?

The sound is created by the vibrations being amplified in the inside of the body of the bass.
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
This makes me think that you can create a vibration and alter the sound it makes by the area you surround it with?
--What connections (if any) do you think you can draw between what you are observing and you might already know about waves?
I really don't know how to express what I'm thinking, but I feel as though waves are a disruption of whatever is happening and when you surround them they are amplified and made stronger. (if that makes any sense.)

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