Alt vs Bass - What's the difference?
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A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
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That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance. (knitting)
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(Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
* 1996 , "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers.'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.tiny )
* 2000 , "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.mud )
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 tenor.
A male singer who sings in the bass range.
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.
To sound in a deep tone.
* 1623 [1610], (William Shakespeare), The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99
The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
The linden or lime tree.
Its bark, used for making mats.
A hassock or thick mat.
As nouns the difference between alt and bass
is that alt is one of a player's alternate or secondary characters while bass is a low spectrum of sound tones.As an abbreviation alt
is abbreviation of lang=en.As an adjective bass is
of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.As a verb bass is
to sound in a deep tone.As a proper noun Bass is
an English brand of bottled pale ale.alt
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Abbreviation
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Noun
(en noun)- Of these alts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
- Yes, I have many alts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.
Anagrams
* ----bass
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The giant spoke in a deep, bass , rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.
Noun
(es)- Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass .
- The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.
- Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass , much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.
- The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.
- The score had been written without the treble and bass , but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.
Synonyms
* (singer) basso * (clef) F clefCoordinate terms
* (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)Derived terms
* bass clef * bass drum * bass guitar * bassline * bass music * bass note * booty bass * double bass * electric bass * figured bass * Miami bassVerb
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(That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
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