Bass Boost: An active low pass amplifier section added to some receivers, equalizers, and amplifiers that allows as much as an 18 decibel boost to be applied to an audio signal in the low frequency 35 to 90 Hertz range.

 

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Bass Boost: An active low pass amplifier section added to some receivers, equalizers, and amplifiers that allows as much as an 18 decibel boost to be applied to an audio signal in the low frequency 35 t . . . View Full Definition

Figured Bass: Baroque practice consisting of an independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to be supplied by the performer. Also thorough-bass.

Double Bass: Largest and lowest-pitched member of the bowed string family. Also called contrabass or bass viol

Ground Bass: A repeating melody, usually in the bass, throughout a vocal or instrumental composition.

Midbass: Those frequencies roughly between 100 and 300 Hertz. (CPS)

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Contrabassoon: Double-reed woodwind instrument with the lowest range in the woodwind family. Also double bassoon.

Basso Continuo: Italian for 'continuous bass'. See figured bass. Also refers to performance group with a bass, chordal instrument (harpsichord, organ), and one bass melody instrument (cello, bassoon).

Bass Drum: The bass drum is a large membranophone of indefinite pitch that is played with a soft-headed stick: it produces a low, heavy sound that is heard prominently in this march.

Bass Clarinet: Woodwind instrument of the clarinet family with the lowest range.