Bass vs. Soprano

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

Example: ‘The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.’;

A low spectrum of sound tones.

Example: ‘Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.’;

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

Example: ‘The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.’;

A male singer who sings in the bass range.

Example: ‘Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.’;

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

Example: ‘The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.’;

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

Example: ‘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.’;

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;

Example: ‘a deep voice’; ‘a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice’; ‘a bass clarinet’;

the lowest adult male singing voice

Example: ‘his bass voice rings out attractively’;

a singer with a bass voice.

a part written for a bass voice.

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

Example: ‘a bass clarinet’;

a bass guitar or double bass.

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

the common European freshwater perch.

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

another term for bast

Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.

Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.

To sing or utter with high pitch, like a soprano singer.

The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.

a female singer

the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty

the pitch range of the highest female voice

having or denoting a high range;

Example: ‘soprano voice’; ‘soprano sax’; ‘the boy still had a fine treble voice’; ‘the treble clef’;

A soprano ([soˈpraːno]) is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to (A5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to (C6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music.

Example: ‘high A’; ‘soprano C’;