double bass

double bass  (bs)

n.

The largest bowed stringed instrument in the modern orchestra, also used frequently in jazz ensembles, especially played pizzicato. The double bass, usually considered a member of the violin family, is tuned in fourths and has the sloping shoulders and flat back characteristic of the viols. It has a deep range, going as low as three octaves below middle C. Also called bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass.

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[double, tuned an octave lower than (from the fact that a string or pipe that is twice the length of another gies a pitch an octave lower) + bass.]

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double bass [beɪs]

n

(Music / Instruments) Also called (US) bass viol a stringed instrument, the largest and lowest member of the violin family. Range: almost three octaves upwards from E in the space between the fourth and fifth leger lines below the bass staff. It is normally bowed in classical music, but it is very common in a jazz or dance band, where it is practically always played pizzicato Informal name bass fiddle

adj double-bass

(Music / Instruments) of or relating to an instrument whose pitch lies below that regarded as the bass; contrabass

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

double bass - largest and lowest member of the violin family bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass, bass viol bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

Translations

double bass [ˌdʌblˈbeɪs] n → contrabbasso

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