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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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contrabass — Contrabass, s. Baß … Damen Conversations Lexikon
contrabass — англ. [ко/нтрэбэ/йс] contrabasso ит. [контраба/ссо] контрабас … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
contrabass — [kän′trə bās΄] adj. [see CONTRA & BASS1] pitched an octave lower than the normal bass n. DOUBLE BASS contrabassist n … English World dictionary
Contrabass — The term contrabass (derived from the Italian contrabbasso ) refers to very low musical instruments; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the… … Wikipedia
contrabass — I. noun Etymology: Italian contrabbasso, from contra + basso bass Date: 1813 double bass • contrabassist noun II. adjective pitched lower than a bass instrument of the same type < a contrabass clarinet > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Contrabass — Kontrabass engl.: Double Bass, frz.: Contrebasse Klassifikation Chordophon Streichinstrument Tonumfang … Deutsch Wikipedia
contrabass — /kɒntrəˈbeɪs/ (say kontruh bays) noun 1. (in any family of musical instruments) the member below the bass. 2. (in the violin family) the double bass. –adjective 3. denoting such instruments: a contrabass trombone. –contrabassist /kɒntrəˈbæsəst/… …
Contrabass — Er spielt immer den Contrabass … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
Contrabass saxophone — Anthony Braxton performing on a contrabass saxophone. Classification Wind Woodwind Aerophone Hornbostel–Sachs classification … Wikipedia
