bass

See Albert i Albert i (al-ber'-te ba . bas) It. on the second space above. Equivaba bar lent to flote ba . A long, narrow strip of wood glued ba , fundamental to the inner surface of the belly of Ba which contains the note from instruments of the violin family, under which the chord is built up. This ba the lowest or G string, is not intended to be played but to ba beam serve as a test of correctne of har mony. See ba bar. ba bridge ba , given The thin strip of wood glued inside A ba to which the harmony, or the viol under the ba string. Also accompanying chords must be added. called ba beam or ba bar. ba , ground ba clarinet A ba pa age four or eight bars A clarinet an octave lower than the long, repeated throughout the move- B flat clarinet. See also clarinet, ba . ment, having a subject of its own, and Abbr. B. Kl. on each repetition having a new or varied melody. ba clef ba , high The sign at the be- ^». »*, _ Same as first ba , ginning of the staff jj/* or. v" - ba horn which shows that the ~ ~ A wood-wind instrument allied to notes are in the ba . It is a mod if i cat he serpent. It had a wooden Stion of the letter F which has gone shaped tube fitted with metal bell and through various transitions before cupped mouthpiece. It had a dull arriving at its present form. See also F clef. tone and was slow to respond to the ba clef note efforts of the player. It was invented The note which in the ba staff is by Frichot in 1804 and remained in common use only a short time. Its placed on the same line with the ba compa was from C on the second clef, the fourth line. line below ba clef to C on the third ba , continued line above the treble clef. It was An instrumental ba -part, which much used in bands, continues throughout the composition. ba , low Above or below each ba note are A voice lower in range than the written Arabic numerals which repreordinary ba voice. Same as second sent certain notes. Those numerals in ba , a vertical line above a ba note form ba lute a chord with it, and these chords See theorbo, played succe ively comprise the ba melodious composition. See melodious ba . ba , drone ba , principal The monotonous base note pro- See principal ba . duced by the largest tube of the bagba , radical The ba from which the chords pipe. forming the other parts of a comba e figureeba : Figured (bas ba fe-gii-ra') Fr. the to which position are built up. Same as fund a other parts, such as treble and alto, are mental ba . indicated by figures written above and Ba chlu el (bas'-shliis-sel) Ger. n. below the ba notes. Ba clef: the sign placed on the 80 61 Ba chlii el ba et-horn fourth line at the beginning of the ba anello (bas-sa-nel'-lo) It. n. staff to indicate that the notes are An obsolete wood-wind instrument pitched or placed in the ba . See similar to the ba oon. It had a also ba clef, double reed with a funnel-shaped ba , second mouthpiece, and the mouth was bent See second ba , in a S-shape. It was built in three ba staff different sizes, ba , tenor and dis- The staff having the F clef placed m on the fourth line, cant. Ba blaser (bas'-bla-zer) Ger. n. the line next to the »lt: Ba -blower. A ba oonist. top, a s ■*- ba string The (bas) ba e ba part. Fr. See also ba , * In stringed instruments, the string ba e chantante (bas shafi-tant) Fr. upon which the lowest note is played, A flexible ba voice having baryba , thorough tone quality. A system of notation which might be called musical shorthand. The ba e chiffree (bas shef-fra') Fr. ba part of the composition is written ba e continue ba . Continued (bas The kon-ta'-nii) Fr. to ba part out and the other parts, such as treble and alto, are indicated by Arabic which the accompanying parts are in numerals written above or below the dicated by numbers written above and below the ba notes. The equivalent ba notes. Each figure indicates the of thorough ba , continued ba , fig interval or difference in pitch beured ba , ba o continuo, ba o figtween its note and the ba , and the urato, ba o numerato. order of the figures is according to the width of the intervals, the widest ba e-contre (bas-kontr) Fr. n. being placed at the top. Equivalent A deep ba voice with a range to ba e chiffree, ba e continue, extending below the ordinary ba . ba o figurato, ba o numerato, and ba e danse (bas) Fr. n. synonym of continued ba . The low dance; a dance much pracba trombone ticed by the French aristocracy in the The ba instrument of the trom- Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. It bones, a series of metal wind instruwas danced by two persons and has ments used in orchestra and making a slow, gliding, graceful movement the half tones by means of a slide similar to the minuet, the foot being mechanism. The ba trombone has a kept close to the floor at all times, hence the name. It consisted of four range from C on the second line below the ba clef to F on the first parts, some more lively, but no step space of the treble clef. was rapid or jumping as in many ba tuba dances of that period. It was accom- The bra wind instrument of the panied by the flute and tabour, a small tuba cla , the lowest members of the drum or tambourine, both instruments saxhorn family. A cylinder horn in being performed by one person, two forms; the one tuned to e flat is ba e fonda men tale (bas-fon-da-man straight and the one tuned to b flat tal') Fr. circular and pa ing around the neck Root ba or generator: the ba of the performer. The tuba has four note from which the chord is built up. valves and gives a complete chromatic ba e ity. taille (bas ti'-yu) Fr. scale of about four octaves, with b A barytone voice having ba qualflat, that is b flat on the second line of the ba clef, as its first open tone ba et-horn and a range up to f on the first space An instrument of the clarinet famof the tenor clef. This instrument is ily, of very beautiful vented about 1770 and rich tone, in improved by used in orchestras in Germany and in military bands, Lotz of Pre burg twelve years later. ba , viol It had a range of all the half tones See violoncello, except F sharp and A flat in the lower ba a, ottava (6t-ta'-va bas'-sa) It. part from F on the first space below A direction phrase, meaning that the ba clef to C on the second line the pa age is to be played an octave above the treble clef, and except for lower than it is written. Abbr. 8va. the four lowest notes differed in no ba a clef. *wv» or 8va., written below the respect from the tenor clarinet. These four notes were obtained by means of 81 62 ba et-horn ba on ru e long keys worked by the thumb of companied by figures indicating the the right hand, which on ordinary clargeneral harmony. The equivalent of inet is used only to support the instrucontinued ba , ba e continue, ba e ment. For convenience of handling chiffree, ba o figurato, ba o numthis instrument has been made in a era to, figured ba and thorough ba . variety of curved shapes, the curve Abbr. B. C, Ba Con. coming either between the right and ba o contra (bas'-so kon'-tra) left hands or just below the mouth- 1. The lowest and most serious It.part piece, ithad a curved and bell shaped of a composition. metal end. Music for it is in the ba 2. A double-ba viol. and treble clefs a fifth higher than the real sound. In spite of its fine ba o It.da camera (bas-so da ka'-me-ra) tone and the ease with which it may A chamber ba -viol: a small be played this instrument has never double-ba viol, such as is used for been much used, solo performance. ba et to (bas-set'-to) It. n. ba o numerato (bas'-so noo-me-ra'- 1. Formerly a small ba viol furnished with only three strings. The to) ba It. part of a composition to 2. Rarely used as a name for the which the other parts are indicated by tenor violin. Arabic numerals written under and 3. When the ba is silent, the term over the ba notes on the staff. The applied equivalent of ba o continuo, ba o mony. to the lowest part of the harfigurato, ba e continue, ba e chif- 4. An organ stop composed of pipes free, thorough ba , continued ba fitted with reeds for producing the and figured ba . sound. The lowest tone is two or three octaves below middle C. ba o, oboe ba o. See oboe (o-bo-a' bas'-so) It.