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Contrabass (from Italian: contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass [ citation needed ] (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello ), many other instruments in ...
Il contrabbasso è uno strumento musicale della famiglia dei cordofoni ad arco. È nato nel XVI secolo in Europa; il suono viene prodotto tramite l'attrito sulle corde del crine di cavallo montato su una bacchetta di legno, detta archetto, mentre nel jazz e in altri generi popolari viene suonato quasi esclusivamente pizzicando le corde con le ...
- Italia
- XVI secolo
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The contrabass trombone (German: Kontrabassposaune, Italian: trombone contrabbasso) is the lowest-pitched instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. While modern instruments are pitched in 12 ft (12 ′ ) F with a single slide , the first practical contrabass trombones appeared in the mid-19th century built in 18 ′ B♭ an octave ...
- Late 19th century
- 423.22, (Sliding aerophone sounded by lip vibration)
The terms for the instrument among classical performers are contrabass (which comes from the instrument's Italian name, contrabbasso), string bass (to distinguish it from brass bass instruments in a concert band, such as tubas), or simply bass.
- 15th–19th century
- Bass, upright bass, string bass, acoustic bass, acoustic string bass, contrabass, contrabass viol, bass viol, bass violin, standup bass, bull fiddle, doghouse bass, and bass fiddle
The Italian word cimbasso, first appearing in the early 19th century, is thought to be a contraction used by musicians of the term corno basso or corno di basso ( lit. 'bass horn' ), sometimes appearing in scores as c. basso or c. in basso. [3] The term was used loosely to refer to the lowest bass instrument available in the brass family, which ...
Brief description. Name: Contrabass trombone in F. Spelling. German: Kontrabassposaune in F. French: trombone contrebasse. Italian: trombone contrabbasso in Fa. Classification: Aerophone, brass wind instrument. Material: Mainly brass, often gold brass; nickel silver. Mouthpiece: Cup-shaped mouthpiece, a little larger than that of the tenor trombone
