The largest instrument of the violin class, the double bass, n., used to add the lower octave to the bass in the orchestra.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > double-bass (9) contrabass1598 The largest instrument of the violin class, the double bass, n., used to add the lower octave to the bass in the orchestra. double bass1728 A musical instrument, the largest and deepest-toned of the violin class, having three or four strings, usually tuned a fourth apart. bull fiddle1880 a bass viol or double bass; hence bull-fiddler. doghouse1924 slang (chiefly Jazz). A double bass. bass1927 A double bass. string bass1927 a double bass; also transferred, the player of a double bass. slap-bass1949 a double-bass played in jazz style (see quot. 1956). Subcategories:— made from tub (2) |
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