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bass fiddle

American  
[beys] / beɪs /

noun

  1. double bass.


Etymology

Origin of bass fiddle

First recorded in 1950–55

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s he played guitar, bass, fiddle and banjo on Nashville recordings by Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and Leonard Cohen.

From Seattle Times Jul. 10, 2020

A violin could sound more like a flute than ever; a bass fiddle, like a bass drum.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2017

In high school she formed the Melody Ranch Girls, singing and playing a bass fiddle that her parents had paid for by pawning furniture.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2016

Said adman Robert Foreman: “Some of our people can dub in a bass fiddle by blowing a ‘puck-puck-puck’ sound close to the mic.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2012

The notes were so deep and strong it felt like we were sitting inside a giant bass fiddle.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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