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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Bass
23. A prefix indicating the lowest pitched instrument in a family, as bass-viol.
34. When used as a suffix to the name of an organ pipe it denotes that the pipe is connected with the pedal keyboard, as Gemshornbass. Abbr. B.
45. Formerly the name of a bowed instrument furnished with five or six strings and intermediate in size, between the cello and the double-bass.
56. In German the abbreviated name for Kontrabass (double-bass).
6bass, Alberti (äl-bër'-të bäs) It. one of two readings
7bass, Alberti (äl-bër'-tē bäs) It. one of two readings
8See Alberti bass.
9bass bar
10A long, narrow strip of wood glued to the inner surface of the belly of instruments of the violin family, under the lowest or G string.
11bass beam
12See bass bar.
13bass bridge
14The thin strip of wood glued inside the viol under the bass string. Also called bass beam or bass bar.
15bass clarinet
16A clarinet an octave lower than the B flat clarinet. See also clarinet, bass. Abbr. B. Kl.
17bass clef
18The sign at the beginning of the staff which shows that the notes are in the bass. It is a modification of the letter F which has gone through various transitions before arriving at its present form. See also F clef.
19bass clef note
20The note which in the bass staff is placed on the same line with the bass clef, the fourth line.
21bass, continued
22An instrumental bass-part, which continues throughout the composition. Above or below each bass note are written Arabic numerals which represent certain notes. Those numerals in a vertical line above a bass note form a chord with it, and these chords played successively comprise the composition.
23bass, drone
24The monotonous base note produced by the largest tube of the bagpipe.
25basse figurée (bäs fē-gü-rā') Fr.
26Figured bass: bass to which the other parts, such as treble and alto, are indicated by figures written above and below the bass notes.
28Bassschlüssel
29bass, first
30A barytone voice; one between bass and tenor. Same as high bass.
31bass flute
32An obsolete instrument of the flute family. It was the instrument lowest in pitch of that species and was blown at the end like the flageolet. In order that the player might reach remote holes with his fingers an upward bending tube conveyed the air from his lips to the mouthpiece of the instrument. It was tuned from C on the first space below the bass clef to D on the second space above. Equivalent to flötebass.
33bass, fundamental
34Bass which contains the note from which the chord is built up. This bass is not intended to be played but to serve as a test of correctness of harmony.
35bass, given
36A bass to which the harmony, or accompanying chords must be added.
37bass, ground
38A bass passage four or eight bars long, repeated throughout the movement, having a subject of its own, and on each repetition having a new or varied melody.
39bass, high
40Same as first bass.
41bass horn
42A wood-wind instrument allied to the serpent. It had a wooden S-shaped tube fitted with metal bell and cupped mouthpiece. It had a dull tone and was slow to respond to the efforts of the player. It was invented by Frichot in 1804 and remained in common use only a short time. Its compass was from C on the second line below bass clef to C on the third line above the treble clef. It was much used in bands.
43bass, low
44A voice lower in range than the ordinary bass voice. Same as second bass.
45bass lute
46See theorbo.
47bass melodious
48See melodious bass.
49bass, principal
50See principal bass.
51bass, radical
52The bass from which the chords forming the other parts of a composition are built up. Same as fundamental bass.
53Bassschlüssel (bäs'-shlüs-sël) Ger. n. one of two readings
54Bassschlüssel (bäs'-shlüs-sēl) Ger. n. one of two readings
55Bass clef: the sign placed on the
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