Below you will find example sentences with "bass guitar". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Bass Guitar in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: guitar
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 24
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.4 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "bass guitar" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as guitar or bass guitar, also contributed bass guitar piano and, electric, double and played stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with double bass, bass drum, electric guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and steel guitar, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with bass guitar
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Boogie, unlike electro, emphasises the slapping techniques of bass guitar but also bass synthesizers. (14 words)
I wish they had strings that were tuned like a guitar (or bass guitar). (14 words)
Bass John Paul Jones playing slide A few musicians have used slides with bass guitar : slide bass. (17 words)
In the jazz scene, since the bass guitar takes on much of the same role as the double bass—laying down the rhythm, and outlining the harmonic foundation—electric bass players have long used both bass guitar methods and jazz double bass method books. (44 words)
Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a double bass or string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. (36 words)
Some band scores have parts for bass guitar, but in the event that a score does not, the bass guitarist normally plays tuba/sousaphone, bassoon, baritone-bass clef, euphonium-bass clef, or trombone music. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the jazz scene, since the bass guitar takes on much of the same role as the double bass—laying down the rhythm, and outlining the harmonic foundation—electric bass players have long used both bass guitar methods and jazz double bass method books.
Some band scores have parts for bass guitar, but in the event that a score does not, the bass guitarist normally plays tuba/sousaphone, bassoon, baritone-bass clef, euphonium-bass clef, or trombone music.
Although "electric bass" is one of the common names for the instrument, "bass guitar" or "electric bass guitar" are commonly used and some authors claim that they are historically accurate (e.
In contrast to the upright bass (or double bass), the electric bass guitar is played horizontally across the body, like an electric guitar.
The acoustic guitar group also includes unamplified guitars designed to play in different registers, such as the acoustic bass guitar, which has a similar tuning to that of the electric bass guitar.
Bass John Paul Jones playing slide A few musicians have used slides with bass guitar : slide bass.
Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a double bass or string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.
The proper term is "electric bass", and it is often misnamed "bass guitar", according to Tom Wheeler, The Guitar Book, pp 101–2.
Testify’s lineup for the show was Darius Yazzie (vocals/guitar), Edmund Yazzie (drums), Nick Willie (rhythm/lead guitar), and Thomas Manwell (bass guitar).
Everyone that donates is entered in the raffle to win their choice of an Ibanez acoustic guitar, electric guitar, or bass guitar.
So I flew down and we were standing around figuring out what to do, and I kept thinking, ‘Please don’t make me play bass guitar; please don’t make me play bass.
Boogie, unlike electro, emphasises the slapping techniques of bass guitar but also bass synthesizers.
Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies primarily plays upright bass, although he has increasingly played bass guitar throughout the band's career.
Monk Montgomery was the first bass player to tour with the Fender bass guitar, with Lionel Hampton 's postwar big band in 1953.
Season 3 DVD: 'The Note' commentary In the final three seasons, the bits were tweaked slightly with more frantic rhythms; a bass guitar was added in addition to the sampled bass from earlier seasons.
Since a regular electric bass has a low "E" (41 Hz) as its lowest note, most standard bass guitar cabinets are only designed with a range that goes down to about 40 Hz.
The sound and tone of the plucked upright bass is distinct from that of the fretted bass guitar.
Two prominent guitarists from South India have tendered their skills to give elegance in the arrangement, Mr Santhosh Chandran on Lead guitar and Mr Josy John on the Bass guitar.
I wish they had strings that were tuned like a guitar (or bass guitar).
Ray credits as co-producer Kris Luther, who also contributed bass guitar, piano, and organ, while Ray’s father played electric guitar.