corno basso

Definition of the Italian term corno basso in music:

  1. old term for horn players who specialized in the low part of the horn register
  2. in modern scores, a designation for the Horn in Bb basso (which transposes down a ninth)
Language
Italian
Singular
corno basso
Plural
corni bassi
Abbreviation
Cor. B.

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