Word Finder - basses

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A low spectrum of sound tones.

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Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.

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A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.

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The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.

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One who sings in the bass range.

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Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.

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An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.

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The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.

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The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

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The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.

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The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

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The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.

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Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees

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Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.

But, when we look at the many passages in which the violas double the basses, we shall do well to consider whether there is room in the harmonic scheme for the violas to do anything else, and whether the effect would not be thin without them.

Already Mozart divides his violas into two parts quite as often as he makes them play with the basses.

In Der Ring des Nibelungen Wagner specifies the proportions of the string-band as 16 first and 16 second violins, 12 violas, 12 violoncellos, 8 double basses.

Although he specializes in blues and rag-time guitars he also makes a mean range of other instruments including mandolins, electrics and basses.

Basses are charitable people, but their charity does not extend so far as tenors, whom they consider effete poseurs.

Some sound like rolling thunder, some just like loud crack with no basses, like large tree falling down.

For bass, you can choose from a variety of bass sounds, such as slapped basses, picked basses, and fretless basses.

Following an atmospheric timpani roll, cellos, basses and bassoons play a sustained thematic line in the depths of the orchestra.

Start by checking the announcement boards in your local music store, the classified ads in your local paper and Craigslist to see what basses are on offer in your town.

The basses listed below will provide more bang for your buck than you might initially expect.

Check out the following discount four string basses, all of which are amazingly available for under 110 dollars.

Electric basses - The store caries a wide range of electric bases including basses by Fender, Warwick, Music Man, Peavey and more.

Acoustic Basses - Acoustic basses are becoming increasingly popular, and you can pick up a Dean, Breedlove, Fender, Ovation or any number of other quality instruments at any location.

In addition to their use of drop tuned guitars and basses, the band employs two percussionists, electronics and even turntables to create their signature sound.

The site has articles that teach you how to play your first bass lines as well as more advanced articles that cater to particular basses like the lace helix bass.

Marten switches between 4-string and 8 string basses.

For example, it has often been said that the extent to which their orchestral viola parts double the basses is due, partly to bad traditions of Italian opera, and partly to the fact that viola players were, more often than not, simply persons who had failed to play the violin.

In August 1904 the French and Spanish governments agreed to supplement this trade-route by building a railway from Oloron in the Basses Pyrenees to Jaca.