Usually means: Lowest-pitched stringed orchestral instrument.
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  1. contrabasso: Collins English Dictionary
  2. contrabasso: Wordnik
  3. contrabasso: Wiktionary
  4. contrabasso: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. contrabasso: Dictionary.com
  6. Contrabasso: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. contrabasso: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Contrabasso: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. contrabasso: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Contrabasso: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Contrabasso: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

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▸ noun:  (music) The largest kind of bass viol.

Similar:
bassetto, viola di bordone, bassbar, bass bar, bass-bar, theorbo, baryton, pardessus, buccina, barydon, more...

Opposite:
soprano, alto, tenor, baritone

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Similar:
bassetto, viola di bordone, bassbar, bass bar, bass-bar, theorbo, baryton, pardessus, buccina, barydon, more...

Opposite:
soprano, alto, tenor, baritone



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