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double basses


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double basses

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Largest and lowest-pitched instruments of the violin family, having four, or more rarely, five strings, and varying considerably in size and shape.

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double bass

bass, double

basses

basses, double

basses, stand-up

basses, string

contrabasses

stand-up basses

string basses

violones

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