Bass instrument

[1] Basses belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles.

[3] Although being bowed instruments, they can be played pizzicato, which is a standard double bass technique in jazz, blues and rockabilly.

[5] In SATB four-part choral singing, the letter B stands for bass, which is the lowest of the four vocal sections.

The basso profondo is a subtype of the bass voice type able to sing low notes, extending to C2 and possibly lower.

This instrument peaked in popularity during the late 1970s and early 1980s, being particularly associated with the synth pop genre.