Bass vs. Bassoon — What's the Difference?

The lowest adult male singing voice

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which has a tenor and bass sound. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood or synthetic plastic.

Denoting the member of a family of instruments that is the lowest in pitch

A bass woodwind instrument of the oboe family, with a doubled-back tube over four feet long, played with a double reed.

The low-frequency output of a radio or audio system, corresponding to the bass in music.

A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.

The common European freshwater perch.

A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

Any of a number of fish similar to or related to the perch.

To play the bassoon.

Another term for bast

To make a bassoon-like sound.

Any of various North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the largemouth bass and the smallmouth bass.

A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

Any of various marine fishes especially of the families Serranidae and Moronidae, and including the sea basses and the striped bass.

A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

A male singing voice of the lowest range.

A singer who has such a voice.

An instrument, especially a double bass or bass guitar, that produces tones in a low register.

A vocal or instrumental part written in a low register.

A low-pitched sound or tone

The tones in the lowest register of an instrument

Having a deep tone.

Low in pitch.

Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

A low spectrum of sound tones.

A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.

One who sings in the bass range.

(musical instrument) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.

The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.

Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees

Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.

To sound in a deep tone.

An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciæna ocellata). See Redfish.

The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

A hassock or thick mat.

A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

The lowest part in a musical composition.

Deep or grave in tone.

To sound in a deep tone.

The lowest part of the musical range

The lowest part in polyphonic music

An adult male singer with the lowest voice

The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

The lowest adult male singing voice

The member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

Nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range;