Bass guitar

The bass guitar[1] (forby cried electric bass,[2][3][4] or simply bass; /ˈbs/) is a stringed instrument played primarily wi the fingers or thumb, bi pluckin, slapping, poppin, tappin, thumpin, or pickin wi a plectrum, eften kent as a pick.

Bass guitar
String instrument
Ither namesBass, electric bass guitar, electric bass
ClassificationString instrument (fingered or picked; rarely strummed)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.322
(Composite chordophone)
Inventor(s)Paul Tutmarc, Leo Fender
Developed1930s
Playin range
(a staundart tuned 4-string bass guitar)
Relatit instruments
  • Electric guitar
  • Double bass
  • Acoustic bass guitar
Muisicians
  • Leet o bass guitarists

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