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bass

adjective as in alto

Strong match

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That was apparent from the Second’s opening notes, in which trembling violins and violas sound as if startled awake, ushering in cellos and basses who have begun moving the furniture.

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Industrial beats, a pulsating bass and coloured lights fill the dance floor as ever -- but many fear that the music will stop when the club's lease runs out at the end of the year.

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On many of these songs, Ms. Case places her poetic narratives in a chamber-pop setting, with tasteful orchestrations augmenting guitar, piano, bass and drums.

“The piano was always there in the family room, so I started playing piano. I play guitar and bass. Everything except horn because horn used to make me dizzy from blowing air.”

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“At the top it’s literally one note on bass and her vocal. That’s, like, scary raw.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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