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Categories: Rockabilly instruments, Amplified instruments, All articles needing additional references, Articles with permanently dead external links, Contrabass instruments
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bass fiddle  bass viol  bull fiddle  double bass  contrabass
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Largest and lowest member of the violin family WordNet 3.0
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Largest and lowest member of the violin family WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The double bass, also known simply as the bass, amongst other names, is the largest and, therefore, lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra. Wikipedia
Contrabass refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. Wikipedia
The largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument Wikipedia Disambiguation
Acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family Wikidata
The largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. OmegaWiki
Double bass (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family). Wiktionary
A fretted, bowed, stringed musical instrument from the viola da gamba family. It occupies the bass range and is the lowest instrument in the family. Similar to (but smaller than) a cello. Wiktionary
A double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family). Wiktionary
Part or section one octave lower than bass. Wiktionary
The largest stringed instrument of the violin family. Wiktionary
Largest instrument of violin family. Wiktionary (translation)
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My piano teacher also plays the bass viol. Wiktionary
IS A
bass
bowed stringed instrument
PART OF
violin family
jazz trio
AWARD RECEIVED
Instrument of the Year
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
USED BY
double-bassist
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass
Wikipedia
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contrabass, double bass
Wikidata
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Contrabass, double bass
Wiktionary
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bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass
OmegaWiki
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contrabass, double bass
Wikipedia Redirections
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acoustic bass, bass-cello, bass fiddle, Basscello, Bull fiddle, contra bass, Contrabasso, contrabbasso, double-bass, double-basses, double-bassist, Double-bassists, Double bas, Double base, Double Bass, double bass ensembles, double basses, double bassist, double bassists, doublebass, Doublebasses, Doublebassist, Doublebassists, great bass, Kontrabass, stand-up bass, standup bass, string bass, string basses, upright bass, upright basses, Violono
Wikidata Alias
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bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, doghouse bass, jazz bass, stand-up bass, string bass, upright bass, bass (stringed instrument)

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