Bass

Bass

__NOTOC__Bass or Basses may refer to:

Music

*Bass (musical term), describing low-frequency sound.

Instruments

*Acoustic bass guitar, with a hollow body
*Bass clarinet a clarinet with a lower sound
*Bass cornett, a low pitched wind instrument
*Bass drum, a large drum
*Bass flute, an instrument one octave lower than a flute
*Bass guitar, generally with a solid body
*Bass (instrument), one of several instruments in the bass range
*Bass sarrusophone, a low pitched double reed instrument
*Bass saxophone
*Double bass, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument
*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass
*Tuba, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments

Genres

*Bassline house, a type of electronic dance music
*Drum and bass, a type of electronic dance music
* Detroit Bass, also known as Ghettotech, a form of electronic dance music
*Miami bass, a type of hip hop music
*Techno Bass, a blend of Miami bass and Detroit techno

Other areas

*Bass note, the lowest note in a chord
*Bass (vocal range), a male singer who sings in the deepest vocal range
*Bassline, an instrumental part which is in the bass range
*"Basses", is the third movement of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells 2003" album
*F clef or bass clef
*Figured bass, a kind of integer musical notation

Places

*Bass River (disambiguation)
*Bass Rock, wildlife sanctuary off the coast of Scotland
*Bass Pyramid, island in Bass Strait
*Bass Strait, in Australia
*Basses, Vienne a Commune of the Vienne department in France
*Bass, Victoria, a town in Australia
*Bass, West Virginia
*Division of Bass, a federal electoral division, in Australia
*Division of Bass (state), state electoral division, in Australia

Other

* Bass (surname)
*Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society (B.A.S.S.)
*Bass Armstrong, a character from the video game "Dead or Alive"
*Bass (beer), a British brand of beer
*Bass diffusion model, a mathematical marketing model
*Bass (fish), various freshwater and saltwater species
*Bass (Mega Man), a character in the video game Mega Man
*Bass.EXE, a character in the video game Mega Man Battle Network


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  • Bass — [bas], der; es, Bässe [ bɛsə]: 1. Männerstimme in der tiefen Lage: er hat einen tiefen, rauen, sonoren Bass. 2. Sänger mit einer tiefen Stimme. Syn.: ↑ Bassist. 3. tiefste Stimme eines Musikstücks. 4. sehr tief klingendes größtes… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bass — (b[.a]s), n.; pl. {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses} (b[.a]s [e^]z). [A corruption of barse.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. An edible, spiny finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus}, {Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bass — (b[.a]s), n.; pl. {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses} (b[.a]s [e^]z). [A corruption of barse.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. An edible, spiny finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus}, {Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bass — bass; bass·ing; bass·ist; bass·ly; bass·ness; bass·ra; con·tra·bass·ist; oc·to·bass; sub·bass; con·tra·bass; …   English syllables

  • Bass — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bass puede referirse a: Bass, un apellido; la palabra inglesa para describir los sonidos graves, o por extensión un instrumento capaz de producir tonos graves, en general, lo que en español se denomina bajo; Bass, un …   Wikipedia Español

  • bass — bass1 [bās] n. [ME bas, BASE2; sp. infl. by It basso] 1. the range of the lowest male voice, usually from middle C to two or more octaves below 2. a) a voice or singer with such a range b) an instrument with a similar range within its family; …   English World dictionary

  • Bass — (b[=a]s), n. [F. basse, fr. bas low. See {Base}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part in a musical composition. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bass — Bass, a. Deep or grave in tone. [1913 Webster] {Bass clef} (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under {Clef}.] {Bass voice}, a deep sounding voice; a voice… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bass — the fish [15] and bass the musical term [15] are of course completely unrelated words, with different pronunciations. Bass meaning ‘of the lowest register’ is simply a modified spelling of the adjective base, under the influence of Italian basso …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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