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double bass
[ beys ]
noun
- the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
double bass
/ beɪs /
noun
- 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 namebass fiddle
adjective
- of or relating to an instrument whose pitch lies below that regarded as the bass; contrabass
Other Words From
- double bassist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of double bass1
Example Sentences
If a stellar-mass black hole is a violin, an IMBH is a double bass.
Mr. Betts, of London, had one for which he refused the enormous sum of £500, and Dragonetti also refused £800 for a double bass.
In his younger days he also played the double-bass and played at the provincial Musical Festivals of 1871 and 1874.
And she thinks she is serious all the time with her great boots and her great double-bass and her French horns.
Edith leaned over the terrace wall, and took the double-bass bow out of the tall clump of sweet peas.
Don't mind the scales and the double-bass, dear Dr. Cardew; it is only Mrs. Arbuthnot, of whom you have heard.
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