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Contrabass

Contrabass Meaning & Definition
Contrabass Definition And Meaning

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

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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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