bass3 (bas)

and n. [Also and more prop. base (the spelling ba being mod., after It. ba o, and the pron. being that of base ), II. n. 1. In music , the lowest part in the harmony of a musical composition, whether vocal or instrumental. According to some it is the fundamental or most important part, while others regard the melody or highest part in that light. Next to the melody, the ba part is the most striking, the freest and boldest in its movements, and the richest in effect. 2. A male voice of the lowest or gravest kind, having a compa of about two octaves from the second F below middle C, or lower.-3. A Albert i Ba . Double ba . See double - ba . - Drone ba . See drone ba . Figured ba , a ba part having the accompanying chords suggested by figures written above or below the notes: the most succe ful sys tem of shorthand scoring at present in use among organists and pianists. Also called continued ba ( ba o - continuo ). - Fundamental ba . See fundamental. - Ground ba , a fundamental ba consisting of 4 or 8 bars, which are continually repeated during the whole movement. Also called ba o - ostinato. Murky ba . See murky. - Supposed Supposed Ba . ba , in music, the lowest note in an inverted chord, as E the first inversion of the major comm common chord of C, in contradistinction to C, which is considered the real ba , root, or generator of the chord. (See also thorough - ba .) ba (bas), v. [ The thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did ba my trespa . Shak ., Tempest, iii. 3. II, in trans . To take the ba part in a concerted piece of music: as, he ba es very steadily. ba (bās), n. [Origin uncertain; perhaps for base (formerly also bas ), coal.] In coal- mining , black carbonaceous shale. ba ot (bas), ), v. t. [