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Definition: Contrabassoon |
ContrabassoonNoun1. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ContrabassoonSynonyms: contrafagotto (n), double bassoon (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tonally, the contrabassoon sounds much like the bassoon except for a distinctive 'buzz' which becomes almost a clatter in the extreme low range. While prominent in solo situations, this extraneous sound is completely subsumed in the sound of doubling instruments, for which the contrabassoon supplies a solid underpinning.
Composers have often used the contrabassoon to comical or sinister effect by taking advantage of its clumsiness and its sepulchral rattle, respectively. Clear examples of its sound can be heard in Paul Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice and Gunther Schuller's concerto for the instrument.
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| "Contrabassoon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Contrabassoon" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
contrabassoon | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "contrabassoon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | kontrafagot, bas sesli üflemeli çalgı (bass horn). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contrabassoon": contrabassoons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contrabassoon" (pronounced kÄ'ntrubasuw"n) |
| 3 | -s uw" n | bassoon, monsoon, soon. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-n-n-o-o-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-3 letters: contrabass. | |
-4 letters: nonactors, sonorants. | |
-5 letters: absonant, acrobats, assonant, cartoons, consorts, corantos, nonactor, ostracon, sabatons, sacatons, sonorant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-n-n-o-o-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: contrabassoons. | |
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