contrabassoon

Etymology

Semi-anglicized version of Italian contrafagotto, probably following the model of the English word contrabass (which derives from Italian contrabbasso).

contrabassoon means A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.

noun

A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.