Bass or Basses may refer to:

Fish

Bass (fish) Bass (; : bass) is a common name shared by many species of ray-finned fish from the large clade Percomorpha, mainly belonging to the order (biology), orders Perciformes and Moroniformes, encompassing both freshwater fish, freshwater and marine fi ...

, various saltwater and freshwater species

Wood

* Bass or basswood, the wood of the

tilia americana ''Tilia americana'' is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to ...

tree

Music

Bass (sound) Bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to different ...

, describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: **

Bass instrument Bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to different fam ...

s commonly referred to as just "bass", including: ***

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

, the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family ***

Double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument ***

Tuba The tuba (; ) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in th ...

, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments ***

Bass saxophone The bass saxophone is the third lowest member of the saxophone family—larger and lower than the more common baritone saxophone. It was likely the first type of saxophone built by Adolphe Sax, as first observed by Berlioz in 1842. It is a trans ...

Bass (voice type) A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to '' The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E ...

, a type of classical male singing voice *

Bass clef A clef (from French: 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff. Placing a clef on a staff assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines or four spaces, whi ...

, the musical clef used for lower-sounding instruments and voices *

Bass music Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music ...

, broad category of electronic dance music genres, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound *

Bass note In music theory, the bass note of a chord or sonority is the lowest note played or notated. If there are multiple voices it is the note played or notated in the lowest voice (the note furthest in the bass.) Three situations are possible: # ...

, the lowest note in a chord *

Bassline Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, Dub music, dub and electronic music, electronic, traditional music, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched P ...

, 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 Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician serving as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence since January 2025, having previously served as Taoiseach from 2024 to 2025. He has ...

; also his 1989 album ''Bass!'' * "Basses", a movement of Mike Oldfield's ''

Tubular Bells 2003 ''Tubular Bells 2003'' is the 22nd studio album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 26 May 2003 by Warner Music Spain. It is a digital re-recording of his 1973 album '' Tubular Bells'', released almost 30 years earlier. This is the ...

'' album

Businesses and organizations

Bass Brewery Bass Brewery () was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, once the highest-selling beer in the UK. By 1877, Bass had become the largest brewery in the world, with an an ...

, a British brewery *

Bass Anglers Sportsman Society The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) is a fishing membership organization with more than a half a million members. It is geared toward bass fishermen, mainly in the United States but with members located worldwide. The society publishe ...

(B.A.S.S.) * G.H. Bass & Co., an American footwear brand founded in 1876 *

Bass Pro Shops BPS Direct, LLC, trade name, doing business as Bass Pro Shops, is an American privately held sporting goods retailer that offers hunting, fishing, camping, and other related outdoor recreation equipment, marine manufacturing and sales, and outd ...

, an American outdoors company

People

Bass (surname) Bass () is a surname of English origin, and may refer to: Politics, government, and military *Charles Bass (born 1952), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire * Cindy Bass, Member of the Philadelphia City Council * Cora Webb Bass (1906–1987), A ...

Bass Reeves Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent, and a runaway slave. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Sem ...

(1838–1910), notable deputy U.S. marshal

Fictional characters

Chuck Bass Charles Bartholomew Bass is a fictional character in the novel and television series '' Gossip Girl''. In the TV series, he is portrayed by British actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary antagonist in the original book series, the TV se ...

, a fictional character in the novel and television series ''Gossip Girl'' *

Bass Armstrong The following is a list of characters from the ''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive'' video game series, created by Tecmo and Team Ninja. Introduced in ''Dead or Alive'' Ayane Bass Armstrong Portrayed by: Kevin NashVoiced by (English ...

, a character from ''Dead or Alive'' *

Bass Monroe ''Revolution'' is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that ran from September 17, 2012, until May 21, 2014, when it was cancelled by NBC. The show takes place in the post-apocalyptic near-future of the year 2027, 15 ...

, fictional character in ''Revolution'' * Bass and Bass.EXE, ''Mega Man'' characters

Places

Australia

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...

, between Australia and Tasmania *

Bass Pyramid The Bass Pyramid, part of the Furneaux Group, is a small, two sectioned oval, steep-sided unpopulated granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying north of the Flinders Island and south of the Kent Group, in Tasmania, Australia. A rock bri ...

, a small island in the Bass Strait *

Bass, Victoria Bass () is a town south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Bass had a population of 405. The town is named after George Bass who explor ...

, a town in Australia *

Bass Coast Shire The Bass Coast Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 35,327. It includes the towns of Bass, Cape Paterson, Cape Woolam ...

, a local government area in Victoria *

Division of Bass The Division of Bass is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Tasmania. It includes most of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston and its surrounds. It has traditionally been a margin ...

, a federal electoral division in Tasmania, Australia *

Division of Bass (state) The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. ...

, state electoral division in Tasmania, Australia *

Electoral district of Bass The electoral district of Bass is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of south east of Melbourne, stretching from the satellite suburb of Clyde, Victoria, Clyde thro ...

, a state electoral division in Victoria, Australia *

Shire of Bass The Shire of Bass was a local government area about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1871 until 1994. Its administrative centre was located in Archies Creek ...

, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia

United States

* Bass, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, U.S. *

Bass, Arkansas Bass is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Bass is located on Arkansas Highway 74, southeast of Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other miner ...

, 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) Bass River may refer to: Australia * Bass River (Victoria), a relatively short coastal river Canada * Bass River, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated rural community in Colchester County and small river therein located * Bass River, Kent County, an uni ...

* Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, or simply Bass Performance Hall, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Elsewhere

Al-Bass (archaeological site) The al-Bass necropolis is a Lebanese UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the al-Bass archaeological site in the city of Tyre situated next to the el-Buss refugee camp. The necropolis, constituting the principal entrance of the town in antique ...

, Tyre, Lebanon, and the adjacent

Al-Bass refugee camp Al-Buss camp () – also transliterated Bass, Al-Bass, or El-Buss with the definite article spelled either al or el – is one of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, located in the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Lebanon , Tyre. It ...

Bass, Hansi Bass is a municipal committee town and sub-district (Tehsil) in the Indian state of Haryana. It is classified as a ''mahagram'' (a large village), with 4 subsections (Bass Badshahpur, Bass Khurd Bejan, Bass Akbarpur and Bass Azamshahpur). Bass ...

, a sub-tehsil of

Hisar district Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of ...

, Haryana, India * Bass Lake (Ontario), several lakes *

Bass Rock The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass (), is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. Approximately offshore, and north-east of North Berwick, it is a steep-sided volcanic plug, at its highest point, and is home ...

, 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 The Bass model or Bass diffusion model was developed by Frank Bass. It consists of a simple differential equation that describes the process of how new products get adopted in a population. The model presents a rationale of how current adopters an ...

, or Bass model, a mathematical marketing model * ''

Beneath a Steel Sky ''Beneath a Steel Sky'' is a 1994 point-and-click adventure game developed by British developer Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for MS-DOS and Amiga home computers. It was made available as freewareand wit ...

'', a 1994 computer adventure game *

Buttocks The buttocks (: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed of a lay ...

, in slang * , a freeware cross-platform audio library and API * USS ''Bass'', several vessels of the U.S. Navy