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.
Origin of contrabassoon
1Other words from contrabassoon
- con·tra·bas·soon·ist, noun
Words Nearby contrabassoon
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How to use contrabassoon in a sentence
The performances also feature long stretches with two bass players and, aside from Coltrane’s saxophones, there are musicians bringing in the unusual-for-jazz timbres of the oboe, bass clarinet and contrabassoon.
British Dictionary definitions for contrabassoon
contrabassoon
/ (ˌkɒntrəbəˈsuːn) /
noun
the largest instrument in the oboe family, pitched an octave below the bassoon; double bassoon
Derived forms of contrabassoon
- contrabassoonist, noun
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