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Largest and lowest member of the violin family
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contrabass
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn: double-bass ] n. largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle , bass viol , bull fiddle , double bass , string bass ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 part or section one octave lower than bass. 2 double bass, string bass 3 person or musical instrument performing the contrabass part.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the double bass ; -- also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon. ...
Usage examples of contrabass.
He beckoned to various of his windjammers—the snare and tenor drummers, the tuba and contrabass tuba, the trombone, clarinets, violins, the oboist, and to Hannibal Tyree, the bass drummer, and sent them running to the wagons to get their instruments.
Violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass playing legato, staccato, now legato again.
The dry valve produced a sound Gaby thought of as contrabass flatulence.