Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contrabasso"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See {Base}, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or {contrabasso}.
{Basso continuo}. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See {Violone}.
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