bass

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bass

1	n adj	the lowest part of the musical range having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
2	n	any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bass

Type of:: pitch
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

Types:: ground bass
a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated; basso continuo, continuo, figured bass, thorough bass
a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

Type of:: part, voice
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass
largest and lowest member of the violin family; bass guitar
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch; bass horn, sousaphone, tuba
the lowest brass wind instrument; bombard, bombardon
a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family; euphonium
a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family; bombardon, helicon
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

Type of:: instrument, musical instrument
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

“a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice”

“a bass clarinet”

Types:: largemouth bass
flesh of largemouth bass; smallmouth bass
flesh of smallmouth bass

Types:: striped bass, striper
caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Type of:: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

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