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bass guitar

/ beɪs /

noun

  1. a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She sings and plays bass guitar, and was always involved with bands at school.

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On several songs, Mr. Parker seems to dream of a normal life, one presumably where he can set aside obsessions such as spending weeks getting his bass guitar to sit perfectly in the mix.

"I play the piano, the bass guitar and the drums. I have my piano in my room so I'm spending a lot of time in there just playing and chilling," she told BBC Sport.

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To mark the occasion, he pointed out, his younger brother Mikey was playing a bass guitar inscribed with the Dodgers’ logo.

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"I play the piano, the bass guitar and the drums. I have my piano in my room so I'm spending a lot of time in there just playing and chilling," she said.

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