About The Word Contrabass
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Contrabass
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What's The Definition Of Contrabass?
[n] largest and lowest member of the violin family
[adj] pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contrabass: bass fiddle | bass viol | bull fiddle | double bass | double-bass | low | low-pitched | string bass Related Terms | Find terms related to Contrabass: See Also | bass | bowed stringed instrument | string Contrabass In Webster's Dictionary \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep
range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
\Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family. |
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