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basset

Postby Audiendus » Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:58 am

basset

This word has the general sense of 'low' (compare bass).

A basset hound is 'low' in the sense that it has short legs.

A basset clarinet and a basset horn (not really a horn) are relatively low-pitched members of the clarinet family. But not as low as the bass clarinet, so 'basset' is a kind of diminutive of 'bass' (from Italian bassetto).

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Re: basset

Postby Slava » Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:01 pm

Base and bass are related, but not the fish.
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