Showing my ignorance:
I am wondering what a "contrabass" is?
Others have answered this, but a little explanation wouldn't hurt. The
equivalent of the word "contrabass" is the name of this instrument in
every European language except English: contrebasse, Kontrabaß,
contrabasso, contrabajo, kontrabas; and the increasing
internationalization of classical music-making in the last 50 years has
pressured English to come into line. Similarly, the traditional Spanish
name for the horn, trompa, has been gradually changed to cuerno to
avoid confusion outside the Hispanic world.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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