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contrabass
n.
(Music) musical instrument that is below bass; double-bass (musical instrument from the violin family)
adj.
having a tone that is below bass (Music)
Contrabass
Contrabass (from ) refers to a
musical instrument of very low pitch—generally one
octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the
double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the
cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.
contrabass
Noun
1. largest and lowest member of the violin family
(synonym) bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass
(hypernym) bowed stringed instrument, string
Adjective
1. pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
(synonym) double-bass
(similar) low, low-pitched
Contrabass
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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