[kon-truh-beys] 
Music.| 1. | (in any family of instruments) the member below the bass. |
| 2. | (in the violin family) the double bass. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such instruments: a contrabass trombone. |
[kon-truh-bey-sist, -bas-ist] , noun | con·tra·bass (kŏn'trə-bās') n. See double bass. adj. Pitched an octave below the normal bass range. [Obsolete Italian contrabasso : Italian contra-, against (from Latin contrā-; see contra-) + Italian basso, bass (from Medieval Latin bassus, low).] con'tra·bass'ist n. |
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