Bass

Bass or Basses may refer to:

• Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound
• Bass (fish), various freshwater and saltwater species
• Bass Brewery, a British brewery

Music

• Bass clef, the musical clef used for lower-sounding instruments and voices
• Bass note,the lowest note in a chord
• Bassline, an instrumental part which is in the bass range
• Figured bass, a kind of integer musical notation
• Bass (voice type), a type of classical male singing voice
• Bass (instrument), one of several instruments in the bass range
  • Acoustic bass guitar, with a hollow body
  • Bass clarinet a clarinet with a lower sound
  • Bass cornett, a low pitched wind instrument
  • Bass drum, a large drum
  • Bass flute, an instrument one octave lower than a flute
  • Bass guitar, with a solid body and electric pickups
  • Bass sarrusophone, a low pitched double reed instrument
  • Bass saxophone
  • Bass trombone, a lower pitched trombone
  • Bass trumpet
  • Double bass, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument
  • Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass
  • Tuba, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments
• Bassline house, a type of electronic dance music
• Drum and bass, a type of electronic dance music
• Miami bass, a type of hip hop music
• Ghettotech or Detroit Bass, a form of electronic dance music
• "Basses", a movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album

Places

• Basses, Vienne a commune of the Vienne department in France
• Bass, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Bass, West Virginia
• Division of Bass, a federal electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
• Division of Bass (state), state electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
• Electoral district of Bass, a state electoral division in Victoria, Australia
• Bass Strait, between Australia and Tasmania
• Bass Pyramid, an island in Bass Strait
• Bass Rock, wildlife sanctuary off the coast of Scotland
• Bass Performance Hall, a performance hall in Fort Worth, Texas

People with the given name

• Bass Armstrong, a character from Dead or Alive

Other uses

• BASS (audio library), a lightweight computer library for playing sound samples and streams, and recording sound.
• Bass (surname)
• Bass (Mega Man), a character in Mega Man
• Bass.EXE, a character in Mega Man Battle Network
• Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.)
• Bass diffusion model, a mathematical marketing model
• BASS: Beneath a Steel Sky, computer game
• G. H. Bass, a clothing brand owned by Phillips-Van Heusen

See also

• Bass River (disambiguation)
• Sea bass (disambiguation), various types of fish
• "Bass", a song by Jesus Jones from the album Culture Vulture !