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bassist

/ˈbeɪs.ɪst/

bassist noun: a musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.

Noun

bassist (plural bassists)

  1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
    • And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.Credit...2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022

bassist meaning in Indonesian

bassist in Indonesian

musician
basis

Examples of bassist in a sentence

  • Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!
  • By and large back then, bassists weren’t bandleaders; Mingus was an anomaly.
  • The deadeye stare of the bassist was enough to make any normal person run.

All 12 example sentences with bassist

Forms of bassist

pluralbassists

Plural of bassist: bassists

Origin of bassist

From bass + -ist.

Words formed from bassist

Words that rhyme with bassist

Questions about bassist

What does bassist mean?
Bassist means a musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
What is bassist in Indonesian?
Bassist in Indonesian is basis. See Bassist meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is bassist?
Bassist is a noun.
How do you pronounce bassist?
Bassist is pronounced /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of bassist?
The plural of bassist is bassists.

Words near bassist in the dictionary

  1. bassinette
  2. bassinettes
  3. bassing
  4. Bassingthorpe
  5. Bassins
  6. bassist
  7. bassists
  8. basskaap
  9. basskap
  10. Bassler
  11. Basslers

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