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Webster 1913 Edition


Sub-bass

Sub′-bassˊ

,
Noun.
(Mus.)
The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.
[Written also
sub-base
.]
Ayliffe.

Definition 2024


sub-bass

sub-bass

English

Noun

sub-bass (uncountable)

  1. (music) Audible sounds below 60 Hz and extending downward to the lowest frequencies humans can hear, typically 20 Hz.