Contrabasso

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
     The largest kind of bass viol. See {Violone}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See {Base}, a.] (Mus.)
        (a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
        (b) One who sings the lowest part.
        (c) The double bass, or {contrabasso}.
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     {Basso continuo}. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
        written out continuously, while the other parts of the
        harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
        continued bass.
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