bass

[bass]

A bass sound or instrument is the deepest. If a barbershop quartet sings “Happy Birthday” to you, the guy with the lowest voice is singing the bass part. A bass is also a type of saltwater fish.

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; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses . [A corruption of barse.] (Zo'94l.) 1.

Noun
nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

Noun
the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

Noun
the lowest part of the musical range

Noun
the lowest adult male singing voice

Noun
the lowest part in polyphonic music

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Noun
any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

Noun
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Noun
an adult male singer with the lowest voice

Adjective S.
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"


pl.
of Bass

n.
An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

n.
The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

n.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

n.
The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.

n.
The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

n.
A hassock or thick mat.

a.
A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

a.
The lowest part in a musical composition.

a.
One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.

a.
Deep or grave in tone.

v. t.
To sound in a deep tone.


Bass

Bass , n.; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses . [A corruption of barse.] (Zo'94l.) 1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species. &hand; The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass (Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes. (R. chrysops); brass or yellow bass (R. interruptus). 2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass. 3. Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass. 4. The southern, red, or channel bass (Sci'91na ocellata). See Redfish. &hand; The name is also applied to many other fishes. See Calico bass, under Calico.

Bass

Bass, n. [A corruption of bast.] 1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast. 2. (Pron. ) A hassock or thick mat.

Bass

Bass , n. [F. basse, fr. bas low. See Base, a.] 1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone. 2. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part in a musical composition. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

Bass

Bass, a. Deep or grave in tone. 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 deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

Bass

Bass, v. t. To sound in a deep tone. [R.] Shak.

; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses . [A corruption of barse.] (Zo'94l.) 1.

The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

Deep or grave in tone.

To sound in a deep tone.

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Usage Examples

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar.

We went to a small lake, Bass Lake. It was beautiful. It was perfectly still when we got there in the morning. The fog was lifting off the water. It was just magical. And we did catch some fish, 13 fish.

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.

I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.

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