double bassoon

American  

noun

1. a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.

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double bassoon British  

noun

1. music the lowest and largest instrument in the oboe class; contrabassoon

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Etymology

Origin of double bassoon

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

At length Harris challenged his redoubtable rival to make certain additional reed stops, vox humana, cremona, double bassoon and other stops, within a given time.

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Mr. Dubbe wrote the motive on the blackboard and then played it on his double bassoon, which, he said, is one of the very few in this country.

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Although the double bassoon is not a transposing instrument the music for it is written an octave higher than the real sounds in order to avoid the ledger lines.

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I go further than Beethoven in preferring the double bassoon.

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