bass solo
Deep-toned showcase moment
A bass solo is a musical passage where the bass instrument takes the melodic lead, temporarily stepping out of its usual supporting role.
In jazz and rock, this means the bass guitar or upright bass plays an improvised or featured section while other instruments accompany or drop out: The crowd went wild during the bass solo.
Bass solos showcase technical skill and musicality on an instrument typically heard in the background.
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- slapOpen-handed blow
- fretlessHaving no fingerboard dividers
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- funkDepression or groove music
jazz · riff · fingerstyle · amplifier · strings · low-end · rumble · improvisation · spotlight · musician · pluck · thump · melodic · rhythm · breakdown · virtuoso · stage · fender
- soloscadenza, aria, unaccompanied
- Bass
- Jazz Showsjazz festival, jazz club, bebop, saxophone, trumpet
- solo performancesaria, recital, one-man show, one-woman show, monologue
- string solos
- stringsviolin, guitar, viola, cello, string section