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Definition of Contrabass
1. Adjective. Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range. "Contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
2. Noun. Largest and lowest member of the violin family.
Generic synonyms: Bass, Bowed Stringed Instrument, String
Definition of Contrabass
1. 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.
2. n. The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Definition of Contrabass
1. Noun. part or section one octave lower than bass. ¹
2. Noun. double bass, string bass ¹
3. Noun. person or instrument performing the contrabass part. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contrabass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrabass
Literary usage of Contrabass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"1 Saxhorn, contrabass 3 Altos in E7. ' in E7. 1 Saxhorn, contrabass in B<7.
Side and Bass Drums and Cymbals.3 2 Barytone« in B}7. 3 Trombones. ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"contrabass, DOUBLE BASS — Bowed Strings. Europe. The contrabass derives its name
from the manner in which it doubles the part of the violoncellos, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"Do. contrabass in Eb. Do. contrabass in B». ... contrabass in E p. Do. in Bb.
Drums and Cymbals.* The bands of two more armies may be mentioned ; the first ..."
4. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"Like the saxophone, it is made in 6 principal sizes, with the addition of a rare
sopranino in E\) and a contrabass in E\f. Its tone partakes in quality of ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... has created a complete family, from the sopranino in Eb to the contrabass in
Bb, of which his firm preserves the monopoly. ..."
6. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The euphonium is 26^/2 inches high, with a bell measuring 9% inches across ;
whereas the monster contrabass tuba is 40 inches high and its bell measures 16 ..."
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