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The term contrabass (derived from the Italian contrabbasso) refers to very low musical instruments; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is tuned one octave lower than the cello, which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.

Instruments tuned below contrabass instruments (such as the double contrabass flute or subcontrabass saxophone) are referred to as "double contrabass," "triple contrabass," "subcontrabass," or "octocontrabass" instruments.

Contents 1 Wind 1.1 Brass 1.2 Woodwind 1.3 Other 2 String 2.1 Bowed 2.2 Plucked 3 See also

[edit] Wind

[edit] Brass

• Contra bass, a variant tuba used in drum and bugle corps
• Contrabass trombone, a fourth below the trombone
• Contrabass serpent^photos

[edit] Woodwind

• Contrabass clarinet, two octaves below the soprano clarinet
• Contrabass flute, two octaves below the flute
• Contrabass oboe, two octaves below the oboe
• Contrabass ocarina^photo
• Contrabass recorder, two octaves below the alto recorder^photo
• Contrabass saxophone, two octaves below the alto saxophone
• Contrabass sarrusophone, range similar to the contrabass saxophone
• Contrabass tin whistle[1]
• Contrabassoon, an octave below the bassoon

[edit] Other

• Contrabass harmonica^photos

[edit] String

[edit] Bowed

• Double bass
• Violone, a contrabass viol
• Dalaruan, used in the modern Chinese orchestra
• Dadihu, used in the modern Chinese orchestra

[edit] Plucked

• Contrabass guitar
• Bass guitar
• Acoustic bass guitar

[edit] See also

• Octobass