Bass or Basses may refer to:

Fish

Bass (fish) Bass () is a name shared by many species of fish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species, all belonging to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes. The word ''bass'' comes from Middle English , meaning 'perch'. Types ...

, various saltwater and freshwater species

Music

Bass (sound) Bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 256 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to differen ...

, describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: **

Bass (instrument) A bass ( /beɪs/) musical instrument produces tones in the low-pitched range C4- C2. Basses belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles. Since producing low pitches usually requires a long air column or ...

, including: **

Acoustic bass guitar The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...

, with a hollow body **

Bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

, a clarinet with a lower sound ** Bass

cornett The cornett, cornetto, or zink is an early wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650. It was used in what are now called alta capellas or wind ensembles. It is not to be confused wi ...

, a low pitched wind instrument **

Bass drum 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 much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Th ...

, a large drum **

Bass flute The bass flute is a member of the flute family. It is in the key of C, pitched one octave below the concert flute. Despite its name, its playing range makes it the tenor member of the flute family. Because of the length of its tube (approximate ...

, an instrument one octave lower than a flute **

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, with a solid body and electric pickups **

Bass recorder A bass recorder is a wind instrument in Scientific pitch notation, F3 that belongs to the family of Recorder (musical instrument), recorders. The bass recorder plays an octave lower than the Alto recorder, alto or treble recorder. In the recor ...

, an instrument one octave lower than the alto recorder **

Bass sarrusophone The bass sarrusophone is the bass member of the sarrusophone family of metal double reed conical bore wind instruments. Pitched in the key of B♭, it has a range almost identical to the bass saxophone, and can cover the bassoon range up to F. H ...

, a low pitched double reed instrument **

Bass saxophone The bass saxophone is one of the lowest-pitched members of the saxophone family—larger and lower than the more common baritone saxophone. It was likely the first type of saxophone built by Adolphe Sax, as first observed by Berlioz in 1842. It ...

Bass trombone The bass trombone (german: Bassposaune, it, trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to ...

, a lower pitched trombone **

Bass trumpet The bass trumpet is a type of low trumpet which was first developed during the 1820s in Germany. It is usually pitched in 8' C or 9' B today, but is sometimes built in E and is treated as a transposing instrument sounding either an octave, a sixt ...

Bass violin Bass violin is the modern term for various 16th- and 17th-century bass instruments of the violin (i.e. ''viola da braccio'') family. They were the direct ancestor of the modern cello. Bass violins were usually somewhat larger than the modern cel ...

Double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument **

Electric upright bass The electric upright bass (EUB) is an instrument that can perform the musical function of a double bass. It requires only a minimal or 'skeleton' body to produce sound because it uses a pickup and electronic amplifier and loudspeaker. Therefore, ...

, the electric version of a double bass **

Tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments *

Bass (voice type) A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E b ...

, a type of classical male singing voice *

Bass clef A clef (from French: 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical stave. Placing a clef on a stave assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines, which defines the pit ...

, the musical clef used for lower-sounding instruments and voices *

Bass music Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass musi ...

, broad category of electronic dance music genres, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound *

Bass note In 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 in the lowest voice (the note furthest in the bass.) Three situations are possible: # ...

, the lowest note in a chord *

Bassline Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, Dub music, dub and electronic music, electronic, traditional music, traditional, or classical music for the low-pitched Part ( ...

, or bass line, a term used in music for a lower-pitched part * "Bass", audio file on ''Culture Vulture'' (EP) by Jesus Jones (2004) * "Bass (How Low Can You Go)", a 1988 single by

Simon Harris Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish politician who has served as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024. A TD for the Wicklow constituency since 2011, he has served as a minister in the government of Ireland since 2016 and f ...

; also his 1989 album ''Bass!'' * "Basses", a movement of Mike Oldfield's ''

Tubular Bells 2003 ''Tubular Bells 2003'' is the 22nd studio album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 27 May 2003 by Warner Music Spain. It is a digital re-recording of his 1973 album ''Tubular Bells'', released almost 30 years earlier. To date, this ...

'' album

Businesses and organizations

Bass Brewery The Bass Brewery () was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, once the highest-selling beer in the UK. By 1877, Bass had become the largest brewery in the world, with ...

, a British brewery * Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) * G.H. Bass & Co., an American footwear brand founded in 1876

People

* Bass (surname) * Bass Reeves (1838–1910), notable deputy U.S. marshal

Fictional characters

* Chuck Bass, a fictional character in the novel and television series ''Gossip Girl'' * Bass Armstrong, a character from ''Dead or Alive'' * Bass Monroe, fictional character in ''Revolution'' * Bass and Bass.EXE, List of Mega Man characters, ''Mega Man'' characters

Places

Australia

* Bass Strait, between Australia and Tasmania * Bass Pyramid, a small island in the Bass Strait * Bass, Victoria, a town in Australia * 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 * Shire of Bass, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia

United States

* Bass, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, U.S. * Bass, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, U.S. * Bass, Casey County, Kentucky, U.S. * Bass, Missouri, U.S. * Bass, West Virginia, U.S. * Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, or simply Bass Performance Hall, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Elsewhere

* Bass, Hansi, a sub-tehsil of Hisar district, Haryana, India * Bass River (disambiguation) * Bass Rock, or the Bass, an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland * Basses, Vienne, a commune of the Vienne department in France

Other uses

* Bass diffusion model, or Bass model, a mathematical marketing model * ''Beneath a Steel Sky'', a 1994 computer adventure game * Buttocks, in slang * , a freeware cross-platform audio library and API * USS Bass, USS ''Bass'', several vessels of the U.S. Navy