Basses

Yes, the basses were the best part of the choir; among them she recognised two of her father's oldest pupils; she had known them as boys singing alto -- beautiful voices they had been, and were not less beautiful now. ❋ Unknown (1892)

James Anderson, a local mason, hewed the "basses" for the dials. ❋ Unknown (1900)

It is full of playable instruments such as basses, leads, pads and other sounds ideal for electronic music. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes | No | Report from joey wrote 2 years 13 weeks ago ok, it's funny to hear people make generalizations about largemouth bass, although not my personal favorite of the 'basses'. i'm actually curious where the people posting here are catching these 'wimpy' fish (crappy front range ponds?). either they continue to fish for fish they have no respect for, or they actually don't have that much experience with them. come down to texas and fish for them in a spring creek. the big bass in clear moving water are as smart as any new zealand brown i've ever fished to. by the way, drew, bluegill and largemouth are of the same family. they have basically the same characteristics. stationary ambush feeders. ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

The lower strings grow more agitated, the woodwind raindrops become more frequent, and Rossini suggests the randomness of falling rain by syncopating these drops off the driving beat of the pizzicato double basses. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

Abbado's calm approach is more persuasive, his players at times conspicuously grinning – the 10 double basses especially – and with no bloodied digits in evidence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

What was heard on Saturday was depth and impeccable intonation in the second violins and violas, an understated eloquence in cellos and a foundational uniformity in the double basses. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

Then three slowly descending pizzicato notes in the basses and cellos lead to the first full statement of the famous theme by the violins and cellos, first horn and first bassoon, now underscored by a luscious harp chord on the fourth note. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2010)

There were whole cohorts of double basses, massed battalions of violins. ❋ Christina Patterson (2010)

The poignant melody continues over the other cellos' sustained chords, while the double basses add pizzicato beats to lend weight and subtle rhythmic emphasis. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

Mr. Coleman called his eight-piece group a "double quartet," and indeed, it featured two saxophonists, two trumpeters one was Freddie Hubbard, the only musician to play on both Mr. Coleman's and Coltrane's projects, two basses and two drummers. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

Andy Gilmour p.s. sorry about this, but that particular track is 3 basses, with nary a bouzouki in sight. ❋ Zornhau (2010)

This descending motif, like a windswept downpour, is answered by an equally powerful rising motif in the double basses, bassoons and trombones, suggesting wind-lashed whitecaps on Lake Lucerne, where the opera takes place. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

It's a work of relentless pizzicatos and glaring brass that announces its tensions at the outset: a violin and viola chorale slowly fans out over pizzicato cellos and basses only to collide with gaunt fanfares that stop it in its tracks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Coltrane's group was far less symmetrical: five saxes, two trumpets, two basses but only one drummer and pianist. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

Here the violins, flute and piccolo, playing near the top of their range, are answered by a weighty gesture by the trombones, bassoons, cellos and basses. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

Double basses quiver and swirl on a note so murky it is hard to hear the pitch. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Buried among the 80-or-so players were a small group of cellos and a couple of basses, but there were erhus (two-stringed bowed instruments) instead of violins, plucked and strummed pipas and daruams to the conductor's right, two yanqins (hammered dulcimers) on center stage and, behind them, a whole phalanx of flutes, whistles and a brash, ear-splitting suona (a reed instrument with a brass bell). ❋ Unknown (2011)