Contrabassoon
(KOHN-trah-ba-SOON)


[Eng.]

Double-reed woodwind instrument with the lowest range in the woodwind family sounding an octave below a regular bassoon. The contrabassoon is also called double bassoon.

Also [Fr.] contre-bassoon, [Ger.] Kontrafagott, [It.] contrafagotto.

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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, III
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