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bass drop

bass drop noun: a pause in the percussion, followed by a reintroduction of drums accompanied by a heavy bass line.

Noun

bass drop (plural bass drops)

  1. A pause in the percussion, followed by a reintroduction of drums accompanied by a heavy bass line.
    • Bass drop!1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans, Ronald Lawrence, Nile Rodgers, James Alexander, Ben Cauley...
    • Based around a wailing diva and a bass drop that had the emotional weight of a Detroit synth wash, "Remember the Roller" proved that you could be just as expressive with rhythmic elements as you could with keyboards.1999, Peter Shapiro, Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide, →ISBN

Examples of bass drop in a sentence

  • There's no way to build to a peak except to get quiet first, and after each breakdown comes another bass drop.2013, Chuk Moran, Superactually: Micro-Essays on Post-Ironic Life, →ISBN:
  • In metalcore subgenres, bass drops are often utilized under the first chord of a breakdown, to emphasize the breakdown and give it a presence.2016, CTI Reviews, Photography, A Cultural History, →ISBN:
  • The bass drop—like the tonic cadence in tonal music—has become a convention of the style.2017, Tom Perchard, From Soul to Hip Hop, →ISBN:

Forms of bass drop

pluralbass drops

Words that rhyme with bass drop

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Questions about bass drop

What does bass drop mean?
Bass drop means a pause in the percussion, followed by a reintroduction of drums accompanied by a heavy bass line.
How do you use bass drop in a sentence?
There's no way to build to a peak except to get quiet first, and after each breakdown comes another bass drop.
What part of speech is bass drop?
Bass drop is a noun.
What is the plural of bass drop?
The plural of bass drop is bass drops.

Words near bass drop in the dictionary

  1. bass clefs
  2. bass cliff
  3. bass cliffs
  4. Bass Coast
  5. bass Cs
  6. bass drop
  7. bass drops
  8. bass drum
  9. bass drummer
  10. bass drummers
  11. bass drums

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