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contrabass (encz) | contrabass,kontrabas n: Zdeněk Brož |
Contrabass (gcide) | 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.
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contrabass (wn) | contrabass
adj 1: pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal
range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn:
contrabass, double-bass]
n 1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass
fiddle}, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass,
contrabass, string bass] |
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contrabassoon (encz) | contrabassoon, n: |
Contrabass (gcide) | 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.
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contrabass double-bass (gcide) | low-pitched \low-pitched\ adj.
1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of high-pitched. [Narrower terms: {alto,
contralto ; {baritone ; {bass, deep ; {contrabass,
double-bass ; {throaty ]
Syn: low.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch;
as, a low-pitched roof.
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Contrabasso (gcide) | Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
[1913 Webster]Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or contrabasso.
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Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass.
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contrabasso (gcide) | Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
[1913 Webster]Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or contrabasso.
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Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass.
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contrabassoon (wn) | contrabassoon
n 1: the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe
family [syn: contrabassoon, contrafagotto, {double
bassoon}] |
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