Contrabass or double-bass clarinet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Panis Angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & double-bass Featuring Sting. From Wordnik.com. [Pavarotti & Friends] Reference
There was also a double-bass, but the musician who played it had not yet arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and Monsieur Charles]
"Stand back, gentlemen!" he repeatedly shouted with his double-bass voice; "you must stand back!". From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884] Reference
In his younger days he also played the double-bass and played at the provincial Musical Festivals of 1871 and 1874. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
CONCERT: FRANCOIS RABBATH, a performance by the double-bass player, accompanied by his son, Sylvain, on piano. 8 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Montgomery County calendar, July 1-8, 2010] Reference
She & Apparat really beef up minimal techno w/double-bass samples, twisted guitar samples and even turntable scratches. From Wordnik.com. [How to survive a Monday morning: (Music (For Robots))] Reference
This was a box of a state-room six feet by nine, in which was a most dilapidated double-bass, a violin case and a French horn. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Far to the front was the stage with its half dome; the double-bass was tuning his instrument, a few others were sorting music or running over difficult passages. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
Mlle. Lechantre, of the same period, composed a work that was only a concerto by courtesy, for her orchestra consisted of two violins, two oboes, viola, and double-bass. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
You remember -- four violins, a flute, and a double-bass. From Wordnik.com. [Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series] Reference
The crank-throws give the double-bass, the feed-pump sobs an 'heaves. From Wordnik.com. [James Watt] Reference
The crank-throws give the double-bass; the feed-pump sobs an 'heaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Seas] Reference
But when the double-bass made its appearance, 'My eyes and limbs!' cried. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
The double-bass (or viol-one) is lineal descendant of the Chest of viols. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries] Reference
Many double-bass players permit themselves -- from idleness, also, or from. From Wordnik.com. [The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art] Reference
Marek Napiorkowski: strumming guitar (16-17); Robert Kubiszyn: double-bass (16, 17). From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome] Reference
There are none of Mikeal's signature growls, and no distorted guitars or fast double-bass drums. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
The laden drays that passed the house in which she lived rumbled a deep double-bass to the tune of love. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million] Reference
One of the ways to create more repertoire is to borrow it, as any viola or double-bass player can tell you. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference
Chris Wheat is a fantastic drummer who isn't afraid of blasting out some double-bass every once in a while. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
Presently a heavy double-bass gurgle issued forth with ominous depth of voice, indicating the danger of farther progress. From Wordnik.com. [Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland] Reference
Blood-curdling screams, guttural growls, double-bass fury, and razor-sharp guitar riffs make for sinister and brutal work. From Wordnik.com. [BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News] Reference
Madden, overcoming by degrees his not unnatural repugnance to rise, produced from certain vast depths a double-bass hurrah. From Wordnik.com. [The Bertrams] Reference
He is a fair performer on the flute, piano, and double-bass; playing quite well Mendelssohn's music, of which he is very fond. From Wordnik.com. [Music and Some Highly Musical People] Reference
His father was a double-bass player in the orchestra in that city, and devoted his son at a very early age to his own profession. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers] Reference
In the orchestra it plays the bass of the string quartet (reinforced by the double-bass), but is also often used for solo passages. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
Pardon me for breathing, he might have replied, but it's impossible not to warm to someone who dances while playing the double-bass. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
In it are a double-bass, violins, a guitar, a mandolin and cornet, two or three ladies, several men, and one hears singing and music. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Anton Chekhov] Reference
He demanded the sign, was satisfied, and, in the twinkling of an eye, our double-bass friend was struggling in his fraternal embrace. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
The double-bass viol gripped his bow with his stubby twelve-year-old fingers, and hardly breathed as he strove to keep his notes subdued. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Violin] Reference
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