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BASS PLAYER [4 records]

Record 1 2023-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

A large four-stringed bowed musical instrument, smaller than a double bass, which is held between the knees of the seated player, and now usually rests on a metal spike attached to its base.

OBS

cellos; celli: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • cellos
  • celli
  • violincello

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument à quatre cordes accordées par quintes (do, sol, ré, la) et à archet, situé entre l'alto et la contrebasse, que le musicien tient devant lui serré entre les genoux et qui repose sur le sol par une pique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
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Record 2 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Music (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Musique (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • contre-bassiste

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jazz
  • Popular Music
  • String Instruments
CONT

In the Latin Jazz medium the bass player does not "walk"(the traditional jazz 4-quarter-note-per-measure rhythm), but makes use of lines found in the more traditional types of Latin music.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jazz
  • Musique populaire
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Jouer une note par temps [à la basse ou à la contrebasse].

Spanish

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