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Lowest note of a chord
music theory, the bass note of a chord or sonority is the lowest note played or notated. If there are multiple voices it is the note played or notated
Bass_note
Musical notation
Figured bass is musical notation in which numerals and symbols appear above or below (or next to) a bass note. The numerals and symbols (often accidentals)
Figured_bass
Buttonboard layout on accordions
important center for the production of accordions. [citation needed] Each bass note, and each pitch in a chord, is usually sounded simultaneously in multiple
Stradella_bass_system
Type of musical note
nonharmonic tones are measured from the bass note, or lowest note sounding in the chord except in the case of nonharmonic bass tones. Nonharmonic tones generally
Nonchord_tone
Topics referred to by the same term
up Bass, bass, or basses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bass or Basses may refer to: Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Bass or
Bass
Chord whose bass note is indicated by a slash
is a chord whose bass note or inversion is indicated by the addition of a slash and the letter of the bass note after the root note letter. It does not
Slash_chord
Bowed string instrument
double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, the bass fiddle, the string bass, the contrabass, or simply the bass, is
Double_bass
Relative chord placement
seventh chord in which the fifth of the chord is the bass note. In this inversion, the bass note and the root of the chord are a fourth apart (or a corresponding
Second_inversion
Musical note characterizing a chord
three notes that compose it (i.e., E, G, and B). The root of a chord need not be its bass note (i.e., its lowest note). If the root is the bass note, then
Root_(chord)
Low-pitched instrumental part
referred to as the "bass voice" or the "bass part". Most popular musical ensembles include an instrument capable of playing bass notes. In the 1890s, a tuba
Bassline
Musical notation
notated bass line which lacks the guidance of figures indicating which harmonies should be played above the bass note (see figured bass). Figured bass parts
Unfigured_bass
Musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch
often on the snare drum in a drum kit. Ghost notes are often used by electric bass players and double bass players in a range of popular music and traditional
Ghost_note
Relative chord placement
is the bass note and the root is a sixth (or corresponding compound interval) above it. In the first inversion of a C major triad, the bass note is E—the
First_inversion
Top-to-bottom rearrangement of a musical interval, chord, or melody
the lowest note is the root. The rearrangement of the notes above the bass into different octaves (here, the note E) and the doubling of notes (here, G)
Inversion_(music)
Relative chord placement
which the seventh of the chord is the bass note. In the third inversion of a G dominant seventh chord, the bass note is F—the seventh of the chord—with the
Third_inversion
Use of a keyboard to substitute for a bass guitar or double bass in music
Keyboard bass (shortened to keybass and sometimes referred as a synth bass) is the use of a smaller, low-pitched keyboard with fewer notes than a regular
Keyboard_bass
Drum that produces a low or indefinite pitch
The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter
Bass_drum
Genre of American roots music and sub-genre of country music
previous bass note) or "swung" (played farther from the previous bass note). Notes are anticipated, in contrast to laid-back blues where notes are behind
Bluegrass_music
Representation of isolatable musical sound
to sound them) instead of pitch. Note value expresses the relative duration of the note in time. Dynamics for a note indicate how loud to play them. Articulations
Musical_note
System for naming chords
an extended chord (e.g. Δ7) any altered notes (e.g. sharp five, or ♯5) any added tones (e.g. add2) the bass note if it is not the root (e.g. a slash chord)
Chord_notation
Method of chord notation
with G bass) is 4/5. Just as with simple chords, the numbers refer to scale degrees; specifically, the scale degree number used for the bass note is that
Nashville_Number_System
1965 song by the Beatles
"go" – melody note F, bass note D; to Bdim (C♭dim) on "to" – melody note A♭, bass note D; to Ddim on "ge ..." – melody note B (C♭) bass note B; to Bdim on
Michelle_(song)
Style of jazz piano music
The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note (or an octave, major seventh, minor seventh or major tenth interval) on
Stride_(music)
Accordion buttonboard layout system
single-note buttons with a range of three octaves or more, in contrast to the standard Stradella bass system, which offers a shorter range of single bass notes
Free-bass_system
Performance technique in music
In music, alternate bass is a performance technique on many instruments where the bass alternates between two notes, most often the root and the fifth
Alternate_bass
Umbrella term for EDM and hip hop music genres
prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music to fall into, each putting a different spin on
Bass_music
1999 studio album by Doug Wimbish
Trippy Notes for Bass is the first solo album by bassist Doug Wimbish, released on August 24, 1999 by On-U Sound Records. On March 3, 2008, the album was
Trippy_Notes_for_Bass
Vocal range
who may sing an octave below the bass part. Bass singer Tim Storms holds the Guinness World Record for the "lowest note produced by a human". According
Basso_profondo
Creating accompaniment from musical notation
20th century by scholar-performers. To realize a figured bass by writing down the actual notes to be played was (and is) a traditional exercise for students
Realization_(figured_bass)
Playing technique
time, enabling the guitarist to play, for example, a very low bass note and a high treble note simultaneously, or double stops, such as an octave, a fifth
Fingerstyle_guitar
String instrument
Precision Bass was introduced in 1951, with frets to help performers find the proper note (i.e. to provide precision). This concept of the fretted bass guitar
Fretless_bass
Foot-operated musical instrument
instruments (e.g., electric bass or electric guitar), or by themselves. Bass pedal units usually have a smaller range (13 notes) than a church pipe organ's
Bass_pedals
Term in music
root of the chord is the bass note and the other chord factors are above it. In the root position, of a C major triad, the bass is C—the root of the triad—with
Root_position
Style of jazz performance
horn section playing). The "swing bass" left hand, used by James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, and Earl Hines, used a bass note on the first and third beats, followed
Swing_time
Frequency range
sensitive, so these notes tend to be felt more than heard. The low E-string on a bass guitar is usually tuned to 41.2 Hz, while the lowest note on a standard
Sub-bass
Genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London
dubstep is the wobble bass, often referred to as the "wub", where an extended bass note is manipulated rhythmically. This style of bass is typically produced
Dubstep
Type of classical male singing voice
Some extreme bass singers, referred to as basso profondos and oktavists, are able to reach much lower than this. Within opera, the lowest note in the standard
Bass_(voice_type)
Relative chord placements
the bass note and the root a minor seventh (or corresponding compound interval) above it. In the fourth inversion of a G dominant ninth, the bass note is
Inversions_higher_than_third
1957 studio album by the Paul Chambers Quartet
Bass on Top is an album by the Paul Chambers Quartet, recorded on July 14, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quartet features guitarist
Bass_on_Top
Musical symbol used to indicate the written pitches of notes
centuries for violin music and flute music. It places the notes in the same staff positions as the bass clef, but two octaves higher. When the F-clef is placed
Clef
Electric plucked string instrument
bass is made smaller to make it playable. The pickups in an electric bass guitar addresses the compromises of a double bass by allowing the low notes
Bass_guitar
American actress (born 2003)
Bailey Bass (born June 18, 2003) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Tsireya in James Cameron's Avatar franchise (2022–present) and Claudia
Bailey_Bass
Member of the clarinet family
on which a written C sounds as B♭), but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably C and A, also exist
Bass_clarinet
Musical note duration
An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve). Its length relative to
Eighth_note
American guitarist and composer (b. 1967)
Joe Pass and Tuck Andress, two of his biggest influences, who blended bass notes with melody in a way that created the illusion of two guitars. Charlie
Charlie_Hunter
Baroque musical accompaniment
implied. For example, if a continuo part in the key of C begins with a C bass note in the first measure, which descends to a B♮ in the second measure, even
Basso_continuo
measures of music in the foreground. The bass pattern is an arpeggiation in the sense that its middle note (V) first arises as the fifth of the elaborated
Bass_arpeggiation
Chord made of a tertian triad and a miscellaneous fourth note
familiar chords. Inversions of added tone chords where the added tone is the bass note are usually simply notated as slash chords instead of added tone chords
Added_tone_chord
Musical chord
intervals: augmented fourth, augmented sixth, and augmented ninth above a bass note. The notes of the Tristan chord are not unusual; they could be respelled enharmonically
Tristan_chord
Musical keyboard played with the feet, usually used for low-pitched notes
The first use of pedals on a pipe organ grew out of the need to hold bass drone notes, to support the polyphonic musical styles that predominated in the
Pedal_keyboard
American hip hop group
the liner notes), Cactus also attacked the Beastie Boys and their defection to Capitol Records in the song "Sons of 3rd Bass." 3rd Bass's 1991 follow-up
3rd_Bass
Tonal degree of the diatonic scale
it usually appears in first inversion (iio6) so that no note dissonates with the bass note. These chords may also appear as seventh chords: in major
Supertonic
Measurement of a string instrument
piano is the length of the longest string. As this is normally the lowest bass note, it is a single string. Concert grand pianos range in scale from about
Scale length (string instruments)
Scale_length_(string_instruments)
American lawman (1838–1910)
Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, and railroad agent who escaped from slavery.
Bass_Reeves
Electronic amplifier for musical instruments
A bass amplifier (also abbreviated to bass amp) is a musical instrument electronic device that uses electrical power to make lower-pitched instruments
Bass_amplifier
Musical instrument of the free-reed aerophone family
rows of buttons, with each row producing the notes of a single diatonic scale. The buttons on the bass-side keyboard are most commonly arranged in pairs
Diatonic_button_accordion
Electric bass guitar with more than four strings
extended-range bass is an electric bass guitar with a wider frequency range than a standard-tuned four-string bass guitar. One way that a bass can be considered
Extended-range_bass
Musical interval
occurs "above the bass in chords with three or more notes". If the bass note also happens to be the chord's root, the interval's upper note almost always
Perfect_fourth
Very low pitched instrument of the guitar family
typically has the same lowest note. Contrabass guitars have been around since 1899, when a "Grand Concert Contra Bass Guitar" was listed in Joseph Bohmann's
Contrabass_guitar
deep, synthetic sub-bass kick drum 16′ sixteen-foot pipe – pipe organ indication calling for one octave below 8′ where the lowest note's pipe is about 16
Glossary_of_music_terminology
Electric bass guitar model
the Bass V features a high C-string. This was supposed to allow reading bass players to reach high notes on the instrument more easily. The top note on
Fender_Bass_V
Musical nomenclature with letters to indicate pitch
guitar chords, for example B♭7. The bass note may be specified after a /, for example C/G is a C major chord with a G bass. Where a capo is indicated, there
Letter_notation
Wind instrument
treble clef, the bass saxophone sounding two octaves and a major second lower than written. As with other saxophones, the lowest written note is the B♭ below
Bass_saxophone
Major chord in music theory
the bass note and the root of the chord is a minor sixth. For example, in the key of C major or C minor the chord consists of D♭ (the root note), F (the
Neapolitan_chord
Keyboard instrument
vibration, ending the sound. Most notes have three strings, except for the bass, which graduates from one to two. Notes can be sustained when the keys are
Piano
Type of loudspeaker enclosure with improved bass performance
the note being played, it is simply the result of a non-maximally flat frequency response function. If such a peak in the bass response of a bass reflex
Bass_reflex
Wind instrument in the recorder family
instrument (bottom note B♭2) a "bass", and the instrument an octave lower than the basset (with bottom note F2) a Großbaß, or "large bass". The bass is usually
Bass_recorder
American singer and actor (born 1979)
James Lance Bass (/bæs/; born May 4, 1979) is an American singer, actor, and producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for
Lance_Bass
Sea strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania
Bass Strait is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception
Bass_Strait
Set of notes played on a guitar
when the bass note is not the root note. Chord inversion is especially simple in M3 tuning. Chords are inverted simply by raising one or two notes by three
Guitar_chord
Style of Western classical music
intervals are to be played above each bass note. The keyboard player would improvise a chord voicing for each bass note. Composers began concerning themselves
Baroque_music
Musical tone
music, a pedal point (also pedal note, organ point, pedal tone, or pedal) is a sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign
Pedal_point
American graphic designer (1920–1996)
Lloyd Northover in 1997, a year after Bass' death. Selected logos by Bass' firm and their respective dates (note that the links shown point to articles
Saul_Bass
Musician who plays a bass instrument
as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument, such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar
Bassist
Tone of low frequency or range
the string and wind bass instruments are usually the largest instruments in their families or instrument classes. When bass notes are played in a musical
Bass_(sound)
Bass guitar
band stretched over one of his guitar transducers produced an impressive bass note when plucked." The Ashbory was produced by the Guild Guitar Company from
Ashbory_bass
Music industry term
highest note (especially for female soprano singers or male tenor or countertenor singers) or falls to its lowest note (especially for male bass or baritone
Money_note
Music genre
shows the original ostinato "Afro Blue" bass line. The cross noteheads indicate the main beats (not bass notes). When John Coltrane covered "Afro Blue"
Jazz
Musical notation
duration of differing harmonies on early figured basses to show how they should be sounded over the held bass note. Many early pianists, like Beethoven, used
Tie_(music)
major triad, E is the third factor. When the third is the bass note (i.e., the lowest note) of the triad or seventh chord, the chord is in first inversion
Third_(chord)
Bellows-driven free-reed aerophone musical instrument
models can convert between free-bass and Stradella bass; this is called converter bass. The free-bass left hand notes are arranged chromatically in three
Accordion
Form of art using sound
listener hears a piercingly high piccolo note or whistling tone as higher in pitch than a deep thump of a bass drum. We also talk about pitch in the precise
Music
Extinct barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Bass family descended from William Bass, who founded the brewery business of Bass & Co in Burton upon Trent in 1777. His grandson Michael Thomas Bass
Baron_Burton
American actress and producer (born 1964)
Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom
Courteney_Cox
American bassist and vocalist
Wallace as one of his influences. Concert reviews take note of the stunts that Wallace does with the bass, such as throwing it into the air or playing it on
Jimbo_Wallace
1991 studio album by Frank Gambale
Note Worker is the fourth studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1991 through Victor Entertainment. Frank Gambale – vocals, guitar, keyboard
Note_Worker
Musical note duration
note (American) or semibreve (British) in musical notation is a single note equivalent to or lasting as long as two half notes or four quarter notes.
Whole_note
and a high "C" string. (Note: in uncommon cases, basses with even more strings are used. 6-string bass may as well refer to bass guitar tuned as a typical
Glossary of jazz and popular music
Glossary_of_jazz_and_popular_music
English musician (born 1951)
Colin Bass (born 4 May 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Since 1979, he has been a member of the British progressive
Colin_Bass
Programmable MIDI controller pedal keyboard
any combination of five notes per rubbery key, the 12 Step could also be used to provide a deep sub-bass note and a four note chord in a standard accompaniment
12_Step_foot_controller
1963 studio album by Kenny Burrell
saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga. It was released on Blue Note Records in 1963. Scott Yanow of AllMusic
Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
Midnight_Blue_(Kenny_Burrell_album)
1981 studio album by Matt Finish
Short Note is the debut album and title track by Australian band Matt Finish, released in January 1981. The album Short Note peaked at #14 in the Australian
Short_Note
Stringed musical instrument
The washtub bass, or gutbucket, is a stringed instrument used in American folk music that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. Although it is possible
Washtub_bass
Use of Roman Numeral symbols in the musical analysis of chords
their notes, their root (see § History for more information). The system came about initially from the work and writings of Rameau's fundamental bass. The
Roman_numeral_analysis
1964 single by The Beatles
Night"? A: It is F with a G on top, but you'll have to ask Paul about the bass note to get the proper story. According to Walter Everett the opening chord
A_Hard_Day's_Night_(song)
Italian composer (1551–1618)
sometimes passing through several dissonances while still maintaining the bass note (save when I wished to do it the ordinary way and play the inner parts
Giulio_Caccini
Musical keyboard layout
notes to keys in early keyboard instruments (harpsichord, clavichord, organ), for the purpose of giving the instrument an extended range in the bass register
Short_octave
Alternative form of guitar tuning
dropped a tone DGDGBe) tunings. The tuning allows for chords with a root or bass note of D to be played with a D an octave lower than with standard tuning.
Drop_D_tuning
American jazz bassist (1951–1987)
simultaneously playing and stopping the note.) An often-cited example is the melody to "Birdland". He used virtuosic bass lines which combined Afro-Cuban rhythms
Jaco_Pastorius
2015 studio album by Marcus Miller
American bass-guitarist Marcus Miller. The album was released on March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) by Blue Note Records. This is his debut release for Blue Note. Jeff
Afrodeezia
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