Bass Line in a sentence

A blues bass line played with a pick The bass guitarist sometimes breaks out of the strict rhythm section role to perform bass breaks or bass solos.

Slap-back bass was a necessity for the group, because in its early years (prior to the fall of 1952), it did not feature a stage drummer, so the bass provided percussion in addition to the bass line.

But most high school drumlines consist of between 5 and 3. Components A bass line typically consists of four or five musicians, each carrying one tuned bass drum, although variations do occur.

Drum and bassline elements The genre places great importance on the "bass line", a deep sub-bass musical pattern which can be felt physically through powerful sound systems due to the low-range frequencies favoured.

In earlier periods of jazz, a bass saxophone was used as a bass line instrument, though this is far less common today.

Notable slap style bass players, whose use of the technique was often highly syncopated and virtuosic, sometimes interpolated two, three, four, or more slaps in between notes of the bass line.

The bass line usually has from as many as seven bass drums to as few as two.

Top, or first, bass is the highest pitched drum in the bass line and usually starts or ends phrases.

Use in ensembles Earlier ensembles Orchestras first used the bassoon to reinforce the bass line, and as the bass of the double reed choir (oboes and taille).

I don’t like to think of a world without that bass line.

The song, which sampled the bass line from Chic’s 1979 disco hit, “Good Times,” was available in three versions that ranged from nearly 15 minutes to just under four.

This is one of a number of infectious standout tracks made that bit more special with great dollops of frantic jazzy brass, a broken bass line, urgent hi-hats and a definite UK Ska feel.

Perhaps it’s because my father dedicated substantial amounts of time to perfect the bass line.

I'll have that bass line in my head all day today.

I lost my gig virginity that night to the pummelling bass line of ‘Gouge Away’, my favourite Pixies song.

On “Quema,” Sotomayor — the duo of Mexican siblings Raul and Paulina Sotomayor — gestures briefly toward traditional percussion, then rolls in 1980s-flavored synthesizers, with a drum machine, a fuzzy bass line and bubbly arpeggios.

This tune's staggering opening bass line gets us every time.

A glacial-paced, jazzy beat opens up "Worldender," gentle cymbal hits and gritty bass line.

From trumpets mimicking guitars to tubas used for the bass line, Henderson said the band adapted the song to their range of instruments.

I feel a bit spoiled by the seamless integration that allows me to tap out the drums with one hand while playing a simple bass line or testing melody notes with the other.