I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bass clef
bass guitar
double bass
drum 'n' bass
salmon/trout/bass etc fishing
treble/bass clef
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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The octave combinations are practically confined, in the small orchestra, to 1. Double bass and bassoon. 2.
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He wrote prolifically for the double bass , as well as for other solo instruments and ensembles.
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I met him at a dance, a nice soldier who was playing double bass in the band.
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The normal layout of the string orchestra is in four-part harmony, the double bass either doubling the cellos or being silent.
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We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses .
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Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure.
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This is even more pronounced on a double bass which has even lower-pitched notes.
electric
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And so Leo applied his creative hand to the problem, and the result was the electric bass .
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Ball was a budding talent, a passionate performer on both double and electric bass .
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The electric bass for ever altered the relationship between the rhythm section, the horns, and other melodic instruments.
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The electric bass had a punchy, dynamic range that would become identified with rhythm &038; blues.
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guitar
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They create a musical universe dominated by multiple percussion and underpinned by Mazinho Lima s tirelessly inventive bass guitar .
■ VERB
play
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I met him at a dance, a nice soldier who was playing double bass in the band.
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Evans left in 1976 and was replaced by Cliff Williams, who is still playing bass .
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The Detroit-born musician has either musically directed or played the bass on more than 250 albums in less than 20 years.
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Pleased with the results, Buckingham then asked his former bandmate who he should get to play bass on the album.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andersen and Towner have a perfect understanding, and the bass is employed both rhythmically and melodically to great effect.
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Status Series 2 5-string bass , £875.
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The electric bass had a punchy, dynamic range that would become identified with rhythm & blues.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He sang popular songs for us in his deep bass voice.
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Jim was asked to sing the bass solos.
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You need to play the bass notes slightly louder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It will give that tight West Coast strum with the bass strings becoming almost percussive.
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Placement of the bass module is particularly critical.
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Then from 1968-70. he played bass trombone and tuba with Doe Severinson s band.
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There are Eko 12-string necks and bodies, curious banjo necks, oddball Eko violin bass parts and lots, lots more.
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This single speaker unit is designed to add to an existing hi fi setup to provide a dramatic improvement in bass reproduction.
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You might get a bass riff or something, as a hook for the song, but the solos were strictly adlib.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sea
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Try it with grilled sea bass and fennel.
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Ruth caught a 5-pound sea bass and wrapped it up in paper to bring home to her cat.
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In hot weather cold poached salmon or sea bass is the lazy cook's dream.
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Still a few sea bass here, though they're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andersen and Towner have a perfect understanding, and the bass is employed both rhythmically and melodically to great effect.
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California, which has no native largemouth bass , imported fast-growing, long-living Florida-strain bass in the 1950s.
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Ostinatos Ostinatos occur as a brief recurring motif or as a repeating bass in the form of a chaconne or ground.