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
adjectivedouble-bass
2.
of or relating to an instrument whose pitch lies below that regarded as the bass;contrabass
Examples of 'bass fiddle' in a sentence
bass fiddle
So he bought plywood and paint and made a 10ft guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle and several huge belt buckles.