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double-bass trombone
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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double-bass trombone (contrabass trombone). Pitched an octave below ten. tb.
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1/4-Size Double Basses, New Left-Hand Model.
Magazine article from: Music Trades; 3/1/1999; 478 words
; ...offering its popular double basses in 1/4 size and a new...down on this well made bass. This makes for a winning...is a true left-hand bass, from the profile of...of its sound post and bass-bar to the graduation...the 1/4 size double basses and the left-hand model...
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Double basses with Blonde finish: Strunal.(PRODUCT NEWS)
Magazine article from: Music Trades; 8/1/2006; 500 words
; ...Republic, is now offering two new double bass models with a classic "Blonde...on Strunal's most popular bass, the 50/4. It sports the...image reminiscent of the prized basses of the 1950s and '60s. Quality...just a few reasons why Strunal Basses are destined to become top...
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Eight violins, six violas, six cellos and three double basses wanted.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 10/10/2007; 418 words
; ...Eight violins, six violas, six cellos and three double basses are needed to stop the few remaining players from being...we need all strings - violins, violas, cellos and double bass." She said the loss had affected the sound of the...
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Double bass passion
Newspaper article from: The Press; 11/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; Around the world, the double bass is undergoing a renaissance. ANNA...Stephen also enjoys playing the double bass. "I can play many different instruments...there were four cellos and two double bass lined up against the wall. It...
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USPTO Issues Trademark ERWIN OTTO STRINGS to RS Berkeley for Cellos, Double Basses, Violas, Violins
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/14/2009; 288 words
; ...filed on April 28, 2009 and was registered on Dec. 8. The goods for which registration was sought are "Cellos; Double basses; Violas; Violins". For more information about US Fed News trademarks please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed...
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Double bass hits
Magazine article from: Strings; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...in English on the history of the double bass has, until now, been sparse and...Paul Brun's A New History of the Double Bass (Paul Brun Productions, 1...Alfred Planyavsky's The Baroque Double Bass Violone (translated by James Barker...
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Champion of the double bass
Newspaper article from: Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL); 2/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...clear that he's a master of the double bass, the largest of the orchestral...performer," she said, noting that the double bass is rarely heard solo, functioning...Road Ensemble. Lugging around the double bass on tour isn't easy, including...
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Is that a tear or just a double bass getting into your eye?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/13/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...France. They've got a double bass with them, because they...Let's give double basses a go," somebody had said...previous week. "Double basses? You're crazy! Who'd fall in love with a double bass player?" "Oh, I don...
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Double bass virtuoso composes stellar career
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 4/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...centered on a world-class double bass virtuoso. It will definitely...to the famously daunting double bass as a showy solo instrument...threefold, the way the (bass) instrumentation fit in...identification with the double bass from an early age...
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THE DOUBLE BASS
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Instrumental THE DOUBLE BASS * Robert Oppelt (db...and how hard Dragonetti pushed bass technique. Dragonetti settled...Duetto for Cello and Double Bass which, it is said, Rossini...pearls of melody before the bass, which picks them up and promptly...including his Quartet for ...
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double bass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
double bass bowed stringed musical instrument, the...orchestral string section. It originated as a double-bass viol , an instrument described as early as 1566. A true double-bass violin appeared during the 18th cent...
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double-bass saxhorn
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
double-bass saxhorn. In B♭ or C. Almost identical with B♭ bass tuba, but with range complete at bottom. Sometimes treated as transposing instr.
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double-bass tuba
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
double-bass tuba ( contrabass tuba ). One of the tuba family, pitched an octave below ten. tuba. Has wide conical bore and cup-shaped mouthpiece. Wagner used one to strengthen the bass of his 8-part harmony by doubling it an octave lower.
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double-bass viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
double-bass viol. Also known as violone or consort viol. Sounded an octave below bass viol. See viol .
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double-bass clarinet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
double-bass clarinet. Also known as pedal cl., or contrabass cl., in B B♭. Mainly used by military bands. Part written 9th higher than sounds.
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