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Definition of Bass drum
1. Noun. A large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch.
Definition of Bass drum
1. Noun. a large drum with a low pitch ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bass Drum
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Literary usage of Bass drum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"The bass drum, held laterally and played with a stuffed knob drumstick. 2. ...
A bass drum of a cup-like shape, over the top of which the parchment head is ..."
2. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac, William Marchant, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1903)
"Employed alone, the bass drum imitates cannon-firing; in tremolo, beaten with two
... CYMBALS Are often employed simultaneously with the bass drum. ..."
3. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"The Bass-Drum can also be played on both sides with two sticks ; when it is to be
... Spontini has employed the Bass-Drum very effectively in his operas ..."
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