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Double basses

Scope note

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

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042216

Broader Terms used

<violin family instruments>

Equivalent Terms used

double bass

Created

13yrs ago

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