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contrabassoon
[ kon-truh-ba-soon, -buh- ]
noun
- a bassoon larger in size and an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon; a double bassoon.
contrabassoon
/ 藢办蓲苍迟谤蓹产蓹藞蝉耻藧苍 /
noun
- the largest instrument in the oboe family, pitched an octave below the bassoon; double bassoon
Derived Forms
- 藢肠辞苍迟谤补产补蝉藞蝉辞辞苍颈蝉迟, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞苍顎僼谤补路产补蝉路蝉辞辞苍顎僫蝉迟 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of contrabassoon1
Example Sentences
John Goodman, left, and Christopher Lloyd as Lou, Mark鈥檚 contrabassoon teacher, in Season 4.
The second movement features boisterous, fast moving lines for contrabassoon.
Contra 鈥 Means lower: for example a contrabassoon sounds lower than a regular bassoon43 , and a contrabass clarinet is even lower than a bass clarinet.
The track opens with a contrabassoon playing the lowest note in the orchestra and swooping upward.
A shadowy mist of cymbal rises off long, sepulchral tones down in the basses and contrabassoon, before a keening fragment of bassoon pierces the quiet with melancholy song.
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