Finally, the contrabass tubas in B flat, and in C, for Wagner, have immense depth and potentiality of tone; all these instruments are capable of pianissimo.
The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.
Wieprecht's endeavour to obtain a contrabass for the reed instruments.
Batyphon), a contrabass clarinet which was the outcome of F.
The tone was pleasant and full, but not powerful enough for the contrabass register in a military band.
The idea of winding the long tube of the contrabass tuba and of wearing it round the shoulders was suggested by the ancient Roman buccina and cornu, represented in mosaics and on the sculptured reliefs surrounding Trajan's Column.
Down the shaded street the metallic rhythm of the anvil was breaking through the contrabass of the surf.
Make me go to school and wear a blue ribbon,” he gibed, his voice a contrabass to the shrilling of the wind aloft in the rig, the groaning and creaking of the timbers.
As a contrabass to the rhythm of the blacksmith’s hammer, the booming murmur of the sea trembled across the summer air.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contrabass" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bass; bow; bridge; cello; crowd; fiddle; fingerboard; scroll; string; violin
