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Bass drum   /bæs drəm/   Listen
Bass drum

noun
1.
A large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch.  Synonym: gran casa.





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"Bass drum" Quotes from Famous Books



... "tuck" from Italian "toccata," the preluding "touch" or flourish, on any instrument (but see Johnson under word "tucket," quoting "Othello"). The deeper Scottish vowels are used here to mark the deeper sound of the bass drum, as in ...
— On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin


Words linked to "Bass drum" :   membranophone, drum, tympan


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