Because of improvements to the double bass with steel strings and better set-ups, the bass is now played at a more advanced level than ever before and more and more composers have written works for the double bass.

Because an unamplified upright bass is generally the quietest instrument in a jazz band, many players of the 1920s and 1930s used the slap style, slapping and pulling the strings so that they make a rhythmic " slap " sound against the fingerboard.

Because of this, many higher level kits are sold with little or even no hardware, to allow the drummer to choose the stands and also the bass drum pedal they prefer.

* Because bass sounds have a higher amplitude than high frequency sounds ( for the same perceived loudness ), the space taken in the groove by low frequency sounds needed to be large ( limiting playback time per side of the record ) to accommodate the bass notes, yet the high frequencies required only tiny variations in the groove, which were easily affected by noise from irregularities ( wear, contaminates, etc.

Because the vertebrae don't extend into the tail, the white bass has what is called a homocercal tail.

Because it is intolerant of pollution, the smallmouth bass is a good natural indicator of a healthy environment, though it can better adjust to changes in water condition than most trout species.

Because it can be difficult to hear an acoustic bass guitar without an amplifier, even in settings with other acoustic instruments, most acoustic basses have pickups, either magnetic or piezoelectric or both, so that they can be amplified with a bass amp.

He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution ( with Jim Steinman, then a fellow student, on keyboards ), and The Flower & Vegetable Show ( he has played his guitar on 7th Heaven, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in the 2007 romantic comedy Because I Said So ).

Because they had no bass player at the time Jay Gordon ( of Orgy ) was asked to play bass for their short self-titled album.

Because the band were left without a bassist and lead guitar player, Jon Schaffer ended up performing most of the lead guitar and bass parts on the album ( although some tracks featured playing from producer Jim Morris, Troy Seele and Dennis Hayes ).

Because of the contributions of Bottesini ( along with those of Sperger and Dragonetti ) to bass technique, many have come to view the double bass as a diverse and versatile instrument.

Because of their size, bass bells are rarely shaken.

Because of this, many bass players who want to be more " forward " in the mix ( including smaller bands such as power trios ) prefer the Jazz Bass.

Because an unamplified double bass is generally the quietest instrument in a jazz band, many players of the 1920s and 1930s used the slap style, slapping and pulling the strings so that they make a rhythmic " slap " sound against the fingerboard.

Because Harris ' bass was not working, he asked the closest man he could find-a light rigger-to tell McBrain to extend the solo.

Because of the large range of notes from low B below E on a bass, to high B four octaves above, however, he needed a way to have a long scale for the low B, but a shorter scale for the high B.

Because of their tropical origins, peacock bass cannot tolerate low water temperatures.

Because these effects generate a mostly vertical component at the stylus, which corresponds to a difference signal in stereo reproduction, the incorporation of a high-pass filter operating only on the channel difference can be very effective in reducing rumble without loss of bass.

Because ending the game is optional, and a player may not realize that he can end it, it is unethical to say " good game ", or in any other way indicate that the game could be ended, until after a player actually has ended the game.

Because of the come bet, if the shooter makes their point, a player can find themselves in the situation where they have a come bet ( possibly with odds on it ) and the next roll is a come-out roll.

Because of planning and practice, each player will know what his role in the play is to be, and how to execute it.

Because of the vulnerability of a player in such a position, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (" Fed ") have adopted rules providing that if a player is positioned at least 7 yards behind the neutral zone to receive a snap, opponents are not to deliberately contact the snapper until one second after the snap ( NCAA ), or until the snapper has a chance to react ( Fed ).

Because players act in clockwise order, a player " has position " on opponents seated to his right, except when the opponent has the button and certain cases in the first betting round of games with blinds.

Because it homes in on the player's ship, the player can control it in a limited manner by moving the ship as it is returning.

Because character-building resources are limited, the player has to weigh which game resource he wants to specialize in and which he has to neglect.

Because of the contemporary accounts of his death, Louis X is history's first tennis player known by name.

Because music written for early trumpets required the use of a different trumpet for each key — they did not have valves and therefore were not chromatic — and also because a player may choose to play a particular passage on a different trumpet from the one indicated on the written music, orchestra trumpet players are generally adept at transposing music at sight, sometimes playing music written for the B trumpet on the C trumpet, and vice versa.

Because hardbat killer shots are almost impossible to hit against a skilled player, hardbat matches focus on the strategic side of table tennis, requiring skillful maneuvering of the opponent before an attack can become successful.

Because pawns capture diagonally and can be blocked from moving straight forward, opposing pawns often become locked in diagonal pawn chains of two or more pawns of each color, where each player controls squares of one color.

Because the cards are dealt randomly and outside the control of the players, each player attempts to control the amount of money in the pot based either on the hand they are holding,

Because of the contemporary accounts of his death, Louis is history's first tennis player known by name.

Because of the element of luck in the game and the Egyptian belief in determinism, it was believed that a successful player was under the protection of the major gods of the national pantheon: Ra, Thoth, and sometimes Osiris.

Because of this, the Big Pine School District is memorialized as a major player in the constitutional battle over the rights of Native Americans to attend public schools segregated for “ whites only .”

Because of the forced capture rule, antichess games often involve long sequences of forced captures by one player.

Because of the large numbers of cards played by each player, most halls have the players sit at tables to which they often fasten their cards with adhesive tape.

Because of these elements, completing the game properly requires a large amount of dedication from the player.

Because they are individually so powerful, their armies tend to be small, thus a player can buy and assemble a functional army for relatively little cost and effort.

Because players are focused on their own hands, a player getting four of a kind can surreptitiously nab a spoon and card-passing may continue for several seconds while they watch the fun.

Because most first person shooters utilize a respawn system, players who fall victim to a camper will have the opportunity to locate the camping spot, either visually or through the use of in game radar, and take the appropriate action to kill the player who is camping.

Because it did not abide by the National Agreement on player payment in place in organized baseball, the Federal League was called an " outlaw league " by its competitors.

Because of his stubborn principles he considered Lasker as a coffeehouse player who won his games only thanks to dubious tricks, while Lasker mocked the arrogance of Tarrasch who, in his opinion, shone more in salons than at the chessboard.