"Contrafagetto" is a word in ENGLISH
The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the
bassoon.
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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bahunísta - (Sp. bajonista) One who plays, or performs on, the bassoon, a bassoonist, bassoon-player.
Read the complete definitionA modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
Read the complete definitionA wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, …
Read the complete definitionA performer on the bassoon.
Read the complete definitionOriginally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name …
Read the complete definitionAn ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.
Read the complete definitionA small bassoon, formerly much used.
Read the complete definitionA bassoon. See Fagotto.
Read the complete definitionThe bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small …
Read the complete definitionAn old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
Read the complete definitionA small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the …
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