Double-bass Synonyms

bās
Largest and lowest member of the violin family
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bass fiddle
  2. bass-viol
  3. bull-fiddle
  4. contrabass
  5. string bass
Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. contrabass

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Double-bass Sentence Examples

  • Larger combinations, being semi-orchestral, especially where the double-bass and wind instruments are used, lend themselves to a somewhat lighter style; thus Beethoven's septet and Schubert's octet are both in the nature of a very large serenade.

  • The use of a double bass gives them an original sound.

  • Nicola joined a new chamber orchestra as double bass player in Lisbon after her university courses before returning to the North of England.

  • He plays the double bass in the skiffle band The Dodge Brothers.

  • Simon H. Fell studied double bass under Peter Leah at Batley Grammar School and Huddersfield Polytechnic.

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