contrabassoon

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Noun

contrabassoon (plural contrabassoons)

1. (musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.

Synonyms

• contrafagotto
• double bassoon

Translations

• French: contrebasson
• Italian: controfagotto
• Portuguese: contrafagote
• Russian: контрафаго́т
• Spanish: contrafagot

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