Bass or Basses may refer to:

Fish

  • Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species

Wood

  • Bass or basswood, the wood of the Tilia americana tree of eastern North America.

Music

  • Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
  • Bass instruments commonly referred to as just "bass", including:
  • Bass guitar, the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family
  • Double bass, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument
  • Tuba, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments
  • Bass saxophone
  • Bass (voice type), a type of classical male singing voice
  • Bass clef, the musical clef used for lower-sounding instruments and voices
  • Bass music, broad category of electronic dance music genres, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound
  • Bass note, the lowest note in a chord
  • Bassline, or bass line, a term used in music for a lower-pitched part
  • "Bass", a song by Robyn Hitchcock from his 1986 album Element of Light
  • "Bass", audio file on Culture Vulture (EP) by Jesus Jones (2004)
  • "Bass (How Low Can You Go)", a 1988 single by Simon Harris; also his 1989 album Bass!
  • "Basses", a movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album

Businesses and organizations

  • Bass Brewery, a British brewery
  • Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.)
  • G.H. Bass & Co., an American footwear brand founded in 1876
  • Bass Pro Shops, an American outdoors company

People

  • Bass (surname)
  • Bass Reeves (1838–1910), notable deputy U.S. marshal

Fictional characters

  • Chuck Bass, a fictional character in the novel and television series Gossip Girl
  • Bass Armstrong, a character from Dead or Alive
  • Bass Monroe, fictional character in Revolution
  • Bass and Bass.EXE, Mega Man characters

Places

Australia

  • Bass Strait, between Australia and Tasmania
  • Bass Pyramid, a small island in the Bass Strait
  • Bass, Victoria, a town in Australia
  • Bass Coast Shire, a local government area in Victoria
  • Division of Bass, a federal electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
  • Division of Bass (state), state electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
  • Electoral district of Bass, a state electoral division in Victoria, Australia
  • Shire of Bass, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia

United States

  • Bass, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, U.S.
  • Bass, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, U.S.
  • Bass, Casey County, Kentucky, U.S.
  • Bass, Missouri, U.S.
  • Bass, West Virginia, U.S.
  • Bass Creek, a stream in Missouri
  • Bass Lake (disambiguation), a number of places and lakes
  • Bass River (disambiguation)
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, or simply Bass Performance Hall, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Elsewhere

  • Al-Bass (archaeological site), Tyre, Lebanon, and the adjacent Al-Bass refugee camp
  • Bass, Hansi, a sub-tehsil of Hisar district, Haryana, India
  • Bass Lake (Ontario), several lakes
  • Bass River (disambiguation)
  • Bass Rock, or the Bass, an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland
  • Basses, Vienne, a commune of the Vienne department in France

Other uses

  • Bass diffusion model, or Bass model, a mathematical marketing model
  • Beneath a Steel Sky, a 1994 computer adventure game
  • Buttocks, in slang
  • , a freeware cross-platform audio library and API
  • USS Bass, several vessels of the U.S. Navy

See also

  • Bas (disambiguation)
  • Base (disambiguation)
  • Bass House (disambiguation)
  • Basse (disambiguation)
  • Bassline (disambiguation)
  • Drum and bass, a type of electronic dance music
  • Figured bass, a kind of integer musical notation
  • Miami bass, a type of hip hop music
  • Ghettotech or Detroit Bass, a form of electronic dance music
  • Sebastian (name)