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bass1 noun (basses) music 1 the lowest male singing voice. 2 a singer with such a voice. 3 a musical part written for such a voice or for an instrument of the lowest range. 4 colloq a bass instrument, especially a bass guitar or a double-bass • Introducing, on bass, Alan King. 5 a low frequency sound as output from an amplifier, etc • The bass is too heavy on this track; b a knob or dial that adjusts this sound • fiddled with the bass on the stereo. adj said of a musical instrument, voice or sound: low in pitch and range.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c as bas (see etymology of base2): the Italian form basso later influenced the spelling in musical contexts.
bass1 noun (basses) music 1 the lowest male singing voice. 2 a singer with such a voice. 3 a musical part written for such a voice or for an instrument of the lowest range. 4 colloq a bass instrument, especially a bass guitar or a double-bass • Introducing, on bass, Alan King. 5 a low frequency sound as output from an amplifier, etc • The bass is too heavy on this track; b a knob or dial that adjusts this sound • fiddled with the bass on the stereo. adj said of a musical instrument, voice or sound: low in pitch and range.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c as bas (see etymology of base2): the Italian form basso later influenced the spelling in musical contexts.
bass1 noun (basses) music 1 the lowest male singing voice. 2 a singer with such a voice. 3 a musical part written for such a voice or for an instrument of the lowest range. 4 colloq a bass instrument, especially a bass guitar or a double-bass • Introducing, on bass, Alan King. 5 a low frequency sound as output from an amplifier, etc • The bass is too heavy on this track; b a knob or dial that adjusts this sound • fiddled with the bass on the stereo. adj said of a musical instrument, voice or sound: low in pitch and range.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c as bas (see etymology of base2): the Italian form basso later influenced the spelling in musical contexts.
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