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Definition of Contrabass

Contrabass
Contrabass Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Contrabass
Contrabass Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.) 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.

Meaning of Contrabass from wikipedia

- Contrab**** (from Italian: contrabb****o) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below b**** register instruments. While...
- The contrab**** clarinet (also pedal clarinet, after the pedals of pipe organs) and contra-alto clarinet are the two largest members of the clarinet family...
- The contrab**** trombone (German: Kontrab****posaune, Italian: trombone contrabb****o) is the lowest-pitched instrument in the trombone family of br**** instruments...
- The contrab**** flute is one of the rarer members of the flute family. Typically seen in flute ensembles, it is sometimes also used in solo and chamber...
- The contrab**** saxophone is the second-lowest-pitched extant member of the saxophone family proper. It is pitched in E♭ one octave below the baritone saxophone...
- The contrab**** bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched br**** instrument in the drum and bugle corps...
- flute Fife Alto flute B**** flute Contra-alto flute Contrab**** flute Subcontrab**** flute Double contrab**** flute Hyperb**** flute Bansuri (India) Irish flute...
- A contrab**** guitar is a low-register b**** guitar, typically with six strings. It is often called, simply, a six-string b**** guitar. The five-string b****...
- E♭ and B♭, while the Wieprecht "b****tuba" and the subsequent Červený contrab**** tuba were pitched in F and C (see below on pitch systems). Sax's instruments...
- The triple contrab**** viol is a modern variant of the French octob****, closely related to the double b****.[citation needed] Recordings and performances...