Con`tra*bass" (?), n. (Mus.)
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep
range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
Con`tra*bass" (?), n. (Mus.)
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Con`tra*bass" (?), n. (Mus.)
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.