bassist
20
3.6
- noun
- /ˈbeɪsɪst/
:
bajista
- She became a renowned bassist after joining the popular rock band.
Ron is the most important bassist in the history of jazz.
- Ron is the most important bassist in the history of jazz.
- They, they had a bassist whose name was Lemmy, Lemmy Kilmeister.
- He's like, oh, I know the bassist brother.
- And no, he didn't teach squids to wave around a stick and frown at the bassist.
- Yes, he's he's an excellent, arguably the most famous one of the rock bassist, one of the most famous bassist.
Examples
-
So my father's Billy, world famous jazz bassist, did the scores for a lot of my films.
-
Abe Laboriel, the famous bassist, went there.
-
I'm going to be a bassist in the girl band.
-
Ron is the most important bassist in the history of jazz.
-
Another bassist joined, but the guitarist in the group did not particularly like him.
Academic text (2015) -
We found someone who's more than up to the task of getting the job done as our bassist.
-
I'm a guy who was a mediocre bassist in a few bands in college.
Blog text (9) -
Noted Washington, D.C.-area punk and metal bassist Vance Bockis has died at the age of 50.
Blog text (11) -
Pierre de Reeder lives in Los Angeles and is the bassist for Rilo Kiley.
Blog text (27) -
Drummer Jason Marsalis has been with you a long time; bassist Rodney Jordan is newer.
Blog text (21)
Synonyms
1
2.5
A person who plays an instrument in a band, for example a military band
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bassist comes from bass meaning 'low', a musical idea from the Italian word 'basso', plus the ending -ist meaning 'a person who does something'. So a bassist is a musician who plays the low notes that support and drive the band.