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bass Noun 1

— The bass is a sound that is generally lower in tone. — A bass is a male voice that is lower than tenor and baritone. Paul Robeson sang "Old Man River" in a deep bass voice. — A bass is a musical instrument that produces low sounds. The bass played harmony while the trumpet played melody. — A bass is the lower of two musical clefs. It is centered at the F below middle C. All the notes in the bass clef were played with the left hand.

bass Noun 2

— A bass is a type of fish, similar to the perch. Chris caught five wide-mouthed bass on his fishing trip in Tennessee.

bass

— noun the lowest part of the musical range — noun the lowest part in polyphonic music — noun the lowest adult male singing voice — noun the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments — noun nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes — noun an adult male singer with the lowest voice — adjective (= deep) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range a deep voice a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice a bass clarinet — noun (= freshwater bass) any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) — noun (= sea bass) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Synonyms bass synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bass?

bass English » English

basso perch double bass deep bass voice bass part sea bass low tone contrabass low-pitched low voice low freshwater bass bast bass singer bass guitar European perch wreck-fish wreck bass violone undertone sea perch pallet music matting mat low-voiced low-pitched sound low-key linden lime gruff grouper double-bass player double-bass deep-voices deep-sounding voice deep sound counter contralto contrabass player cherna buffet black bass bass-wood bass viol bass player bass fish bass clef basetone

Topics bass topics

What do people use bass to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Fish

What species of saltwater fish are there?

anchovy barracuda bass blackfish bonefish bream carp cod codfish crappie darter flatfish flounder gar garfish garpike goldfish grouper guppy halibut herring lungfish mackerel marlin pickerel pike piranha pollack pompano sailfish salmon sardine sea horse shad sole spearfish sturgeon sucker sunfish swordfish tarpon tuna turbot whitefish whiting wrasse

Language and thought Communication Say

Voice

What words describe a sound or voice that is low on the musical scale?

low deep bass rich resonant

Social behavior Social activity Music

Sing

What words describe how high or low a person sings?

soprano alto baritone bass

Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument

What are the types of instruments that have strings that you pluck?

stringed instrument strings piano harp guitar banjo violin fiddle viola cello bass fiddle
What are the types of instruments that you hit?

percussion instruments drum snare drum bass drum tympani cymbal bell xylophone marimba rattle castanet bangle jingle

Examples bass examples

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Simple sentences

You are mistaken: he plays double bass, not trombone.

A guitar normally has six strings, while a bass guitar normally has four strings.

She likes that bass.

A bass drum, a snare drum, and cymbals were once all a composer needed to make a work sound exotic.

Tom doesn't know how to play the bass guitar.

He plays bass guitar.

Tom plays the bass guitar in our band.

Tom didn't say where he'd bought his new bass clarinet.

Were you the bass player?

Tom plays bass in a rock band.

Where's the bass player?

Yes, he shaved all the frets off of his bass guitar, but it doesn't make him Jaco Pastorius.

Tom plays bass guitar in our band.

Tom is a bass player.

Could you tweak the audio settings a little? The bass is too loud.

Tom caught a very large bass.

Movie subtitles

A bottle of Bass, Herbert.

His mother was a well-known bass singer.

The low bass of the Kazan Cathedral.

Well, now to finish, suppose we see some of the percussion instruments, beginning with the bass drum.

We in Beecham found out. we had no right to be incorporated in Brender County. because from the other side of the Bass River. we belong in Nevada.

Of a summer night, young men would bring an orchestra under a pretty girl's window a flute, harp, fiddle, cello, coronet, bass viole, would presently release their melodies to the dulcet stars.

Took a bit too much to drink the other night right out here, - and stepped clean through the bass fiddle that was serenading' her! - Well, well.

Fact is, I believe if he hadn't broken that bass fiddle, Isabel never would have taken Wilbur. Heh, what do you think, Wilbur?

In fact, it's the only thing that makes me forgive that bass viole for getting in my way.

He's got a good bass voice.

Look, he wants a bass singer.

I ain't a bass singer!

You are a bass singer.

Why am I a bass singer?

If I no work here, if I just come in like you, I order one thing. Sea bass.

The sea bass, she's very good.

I'll take sea bass.

You no want sea bass?

But they all order sea bass.

The sea bass is a filet.

Sea bass.

No sea bass.

Took a bit too much to drink the other night right out here, - and stepped clean through the bass fiddle that was serenading' her!

I've been relaxed for three weeks and look at me now- reduced to pounding the pedal of a bass drum for a little excitement.

One sea bass.

Two sea bass.

Sea bass?

Three sea bass.

Four sea bass!

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