English to Shona Meaning of contrabass - contrabass

Contrabass :

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Definitions of contrabass in English

Noun(1) largest and lowest member of the violin family
Adjective(1) pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range

Examples of contrabass in English

(1) I played contrabass clarinet in the school Concert Band, guitar in the Jazz Big Band, percussion in the school orchestra and I began to write music.(2) One is a real contrabass balalaika, I brought it from Russia.(3) The performer, who plays contrabass , remembers the sensational popularity of the song.(4) His primary instruments are the contrabass , voice, piano, electronics, and various percussive devices.(5) Gustafsson plays contrabass saxophone, but his contribution is also too brief, though staggering enough when it does enter the fray.(6) It begins with electronic sounds of garbled voices and interference from static-laden radio channels, and gradually introduces gentle guitar strumming, stately piano chords, warm contrabass , and dreamy steel guitar.(7) The musician, an Estonian-born musician, specialized in the contrabass .(8) The work is more of a textural tone poem - and a rather heavy-handed one at that - spending most of its time in a noisy netherworld of guitars, electronics, and occasional contrabass saxophone.(9) A low-pitched member of a family of instruments, with a range lower than tenor and higher than contrabass or double bass.(10) Among the collection's highlights are the double slide contrabass trombone which inspired Wagner to write for the instrument in his Ring Cycle, a crystal glass flute and an early euphonium.(11) These horns are often found in their lowest manifestation, with Havard Lund playing bass clarinet and Nils Jansen alternating between contrabass clarinet and bass saxophone.(12) Basses and even occasionally contrabasses are also made for flute bands.

(1) contra ::

contra

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Noun

1. double bass ::

kaviri bass

2. bull fiddle ::

nzombe fiddle

3. bass fiddle ::

bass fiddle

4. bass viol ::

bass viol

5. string bass ::

tambo bass

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