double-bass

English - Turkish

Definition of double-bass in English Turkish dictionary

(Muzik) telli kontrbas

kontrbas

Yanılıyorsun: o kontrbas çalar, trombon değil. - You are mistaken: he plays double bass, not trombone.

kontrabas

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Definition of double-bass in English English dictionary

the largest stringed instrument of the violin family

double-bass violin, contrabass (largest instrument in the violin family)

A double bass is the largest instrument in the violin family. n. The largest bowed stringed instrument in the modern orchestra, also used frequently in jazz ensembles, especially played pizzicato. The double bass, usually considered a member of the violin family, is tuned in fourths and has the sloping shoulders and flat back characteristic of the viols. It has a deep range, going as low as three octaves below middle C. Also called bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass. a very large musical instrument shaped like a violin that the musician plays standing up. Lowest-pitched of the modern stringed instruments. It varies in size, up to 80 inches (200 cm) tall. Its shape also varies; its shoulders usually slope more than those of the violin, reflecting its status as a hybrid of the viol and violin families (the name comes from the double-bass viol). It emerged from these families in the late Renaissance, and it has always been less standardized in form than its cousins in the violin family. It normally has four strings; the orchestral instrument often has a lower fifth string (more often, an extension is added to the fourth string), and the jazz instrument has a higher fifth string. Its range is an octave below that of the cello. It is normally bowed in orchestral music and plucked in jazz. In rock bands and some jazz bands, the electric bass is used instead

Hyphenation

dou·ble-bass