Double Bass Definition

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noun
The largest and deepest-toned instrument of the violin family (formerly, of the viol family), with a range of approximately three octaves.
Webster's New World

The deepest of all male voices.

Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.
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Noun

Singular:
double bass
Plural:
double-basses

Origin of Double Bass

  • double tuned an octave lower than (from the fact that a string or pipe that is twice the length of another gives a pitch an octave lower) bass

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Double Bass Sentence Examples

  • Larger combinations, being semi-orchestral, especially where the double-bass and wind instruments are used, lend themselves to a somewhat lighter style; thus Beethoven's septet and Schubert's octet are both in the nature of a very large serenade.

  • The use of a double bass gives them an original sound.

  • Nicola joined a new chamber orchestra as double bass player in Lisbon after her university courses before returning to the North of England.

  • He plays the double bass in the skiffle band The Dodge Brothers.

  • Simon H. Fell studied double bass under Peter Leah at Batley Grammar School and Huddersfield Polytechnic.

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