A musician who plays a contrabass instrument, particularly the contrabass viol or contrabass clarinet.
Formed from 'contrabass' plus the agent suffix '-ist,' following the pattern of 'bassist,' 'violist,' and 'cellist' to denote a performer of a specific instrument.
Contrabassists are musical specialists so rare that orchestras often struggle to fill these positions—they're the extreme athletes of classical music, handling instruments so physically demanding they require exceptional strength.
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