bass drum

noun. plural bass drums. : a large drum that has two heads and produces a booming sound of low indefinite pitch.

In the orchestra the bass drum performs important tonal and rhythmic tasks in both tutti and solo passages. The marking of rhythm on accented beats, its fundamental task in military, rock, pop and jazz music, is also one of its functions in traditional orchestral music.

/ˌbeɪs ˈdrʌm/ a large drum that produces a low sound. See also. drum noun (INSTRUMENT)

"Whoof" - The boomy, resonant tone of a bass drum. "Crack" - The sharp note of a snare drum. "Pop" - Not to be confused with "crack", a quick "popping" sound from a high-tuned snare. "Bonk" - Describing the sound of tightly-tuned drums, usually in jazz.

A bass drum, guitar, or other musical instrument is one that produces a very deep sound. bass guitarist Dee Murray. Synonyms: deep, low, resonant, sonorous More Synonyms of bass.

The phrase "drum and bass" had also been used for years previously in the London soul and funk pirate radio scenes and was even a bit of a catchphrase for UK Radio 1 DJ Trevor Nelson in his pirate days, who used it to describe the deeper, rougher funk and "rare groove" sound that was popular in London at the time.

Traditionally, the bass performs two basic and vital functions within a band or group: Bass provides the rhythmic foundation. Bass provides the harmonic foundation.

Not only do we rely more on the bass player to keep the rhythm of the song, but because the brain detects timing deviations in the lower notes more than higher ones, bass players have to be more technically proficient than a drummer or guitarist because we notice a bass players mistakes more.

Big Bertha Big Bertha was named after the World War I-era German Big Bertha howitzer because of her sound and volume. The original Big Bertha was commissioned by the University of Chicago in 1922, and then-Longhorn Band Director Moton Crockett purchased the drum for the Longhorn Band in 1954.

Male 1: Drum and Bass is a musical genre which started in the mid 90s. The genre is generally played between 160 to 180 BPM and is characterized by fast breaks and heavy bass lines.

Snares can sound tight, they can have a crack, they can be snappy, bright, tight, dry. They can be buzzy, loose, flabby, warm, metallic, woody, boxy, rattly, ringy, dead… Bass drums can be boomy, middly, boingy, thuddy, cardboard-box like, slappy, thumpadumpa, round, clicky, dull, resonant, dry…

The word bass has two main meanings with separate pronunciations - bass with a high vowel sound (like base) ironically refers to very low sounds - bass instruments and singers are in the lowest part of the musical range, like the low rumble of a bass guitar. If you say bass with a low vowel sound, it's a type of fish.