Bass

Definition of the German term Bass in music:

bass (the lowest male voice type with an approximate range of E2 to C4)
bass (the lowest member of an instrument family, though some traditions further distinguish between lower-pitched members such as great bass, contrabass, and sub-contrabass)
bass (the lowest part in four-part harmony)
bass guitar (string instrument)
double bass (string instrument)
bass (the lower part of the frequency spectrum)

Language

German

Singular

Bass

Plural

Bässe

Variant

Baß

Abbreviation

B.

Synonyms

(5) Kontrabass(5) Bassgeige(5) Unterbass(5) Brummbass

German musical terms that include Bass:

Akustikbass – acoustic bass guitar
Brummbass – double bass...
Choralbass – organ principal stop usually of 4' pitch with a pr...
Doppelkontrabassflöte – subcontrabass flute in C
Flötenbass – organ flute stop usually of 8' pitch designed to i...
Fundamentalbass – fundamental bass (term used by Jean-Philippe Ramea...
Geigenbass – organ foundation stop of 32' or 16' pitch
Generalbass – figured bass (bass line with numerical figures ind...
Generalbassschule – figured bass school (method for playing figured ba...
Großbassblockflöte – great bass recorder (recorder whose lowest note is...
Großbasscornamuse – great bass cornamuse (double reed wind instrument)
Großbasskrumhorn – great bass crumhorn
Großbassschalmei – great bass shawm
Grundbass – bass note on an accordion...
Harfenbass – arpeggiated bass figure (such as Alberti bass)
Hyperbassflöte – hyperbass flute (pitched in C, four octaves below ...
Kontrabass – double bass (string instrument)...
Kontrabass-Schule – double bass school (method for playing the double ...
Kontrabassblockflöte – contrabass recorder (recorder whose lowest note is...
Kontrabassflöte – contrabass flute
Kontrabassklarinette – contrabass clarinet
Kontrabassklarinette in A – contrabass clarinet in A
Kontrabassposaune – contrabass trombone
Kontrabasssarrusophon – contrabass sarrusophone
Kontrabasssaxophon – contrabass saxophone
Kontrabasstuba – contrabass tuba
mit Generalbass – with thoroughbass
Oktobass – octobass (large bowed string instrument invented i...
Posaunenbass – organ reed stop of 32' or 16' pitch designed to im...
Salicetbass – organ string stop of 16' pitch (usually played wit...
Solokontrabass – double bass solo (passage in which the double bass...
Spielbass – comic bass (operatic bass voice used for humorous ...
Subgroßbassblockflöte – sub-great bass recorder (recorder whose lowest not...
Subkontrabassblockflöte – subcontrabass recorder (recorder whose lowest note...
Subkontrabassflöte – subcontrabass flute
Subkontrabasssaxophon – subcontrabass saxophone
Subkontrabasstuba – subcontrabass tuba (extremely large and rare brass...
Tenorbass – less common name for euphonium (brass instrument)
Tenorbasshorn – less common name for euphonium (brass instrument)
Trompetenbass – organ reed stop of 8' pitch (usually played with t...
Unterbass – double bass (string instrument)...
Violonbass – organ string stop usually of 16' pitch designed to...
Waschwannenbass – washtub bass, gutbucket bass

Music scores that include Bass:

Ernst Krenek: 4 A-cappella-Chöre (1926) Page 1
Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie (1916) Page 1
George Frideric Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (1741) Page 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1902) Page 2
Johannes Brahms: 2 Motets (1863‑1864) Page 1
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1858‑68) Page 1

German musical terms related to Bass:

Alt – contralto (the lowest female voice type with an ap...
Altist – male singer (often a boy) able to sing soprano par...
Altistin – contralto (female voice type, with an approximate ...
Bariton – baritone (male voice type pitched between tenor an...
Contratenor – contratenor (third voice part in 14th to 15th cent...
Countertenor – countertenor (the highest male voice type with an ...
Halbsopran – mezzo-soprano (female voice type pitched between s...
Kontertenor – countertenor (the highest male voice type with an ...
Mezzosopran – mezzo-soprano (female voice type pitched between s...
Sopran – soprano (the highest female voice type with an app...
Sopranistin – soprano (the highest female voice type with an app...
Tenor – tenor (the highest standard male voice type with a...

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