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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">double basses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>bassists</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>violin family instruments</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bass, double</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>basses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>basses, double</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>basses, stand-up</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>basses, string</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>contrabasses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>double bass</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stand-up basses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>string basses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>violones</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Largest and lowest-pitched instruments of the violin family, having four, or more rarely, five strings, and varying considerably in size and shape. ]]></note></mads>