contrabass in English

adjective

1

denoting a musical instrument with a range an octave lower than the normal bass range.

a contrabass clarinet

noun

double bass, bull fiddle, bass fiddle, bass viol, string bass

Use "contrabass" in a sentence

1. Transposing bass clef instruments for Tuba, Bombardon, and Contrabass

2. They were the first west coast corps to use contrabass Bugles and multi-tenor drums.

3. I am a performer who plays music for contrabass, bass, A, B-flat, C and E-flat clarinets.

4. Made by Franz Paserbsky family of Balalaikas (piccolo, prima, alto, tenor, bass, contrabass) became the basis of Russian folk orchestra

5. Verdi, on the other hand, so detested the combination of trombones and Bombardon that he commissioned the design of a contrabass trombone.

6. What does Bombardon mean? A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba

7. It includes instruments of various sizes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest: the piccolo, prima, secunda, alto, bass, and contrabass Balalaikas.

8. Bombardon, or Bass Tuba, the name given to the bass and contrabass of the brass wind in military bands, called in the orchestra bass tuba

9. The contrabass, too, in its syncopated, jazz-style solo, explores a higher altitude than is normal in Old Music, but this bass riff does not change a note of the original.

10. Crafted from metal, plastic, or wood, Clarinets range from standard Bb soprano Clarinets to Ab piccolo Clarinets, A Clarinets, alto and bass Clarinets, as well as rarer models like basset and contrabass Clarinets

11. The name of Bombardon is unquestionably derived from Bombardone, the Italian for contrabass pommer (bombard), which, before the invention of the fagotto, formed the bass of medieval orchestras; it is also used for a bass reed stop of 16 ft