Definitions for basset-horn

basset-horn basset horn

Basset-Horn is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 1080 anagrams from letters in basset-horn (-abehnorsst).

Definitions for basset-horn

noun

  1. an alto horn with a soft tone.

Origin of basset-horn

1825-35; German Bassetthorn Italian corno di bassetto horn of a somewhat low range. See corn2, basset1

Examples for basset-horn

The bore of the basset horn is wider than that of the alto clarinet in E♭, or of the tenor clarinet in F.

This brings the compass of the basset horn to a range of four octaves from , actual sounds .

Like the basset horn, Streitwolf's instruments had the four chromatic open keys extending the compass downwards to B♭.

It is not a horn, but bears the same relation to the oboe as the basset horn does to the clarinet.

Like the clarinet, the basset horn is a transposing instrument, its music being written a fifth higher than the actual sounds.

Word Value for basset-horn
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8

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