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The approximate range of a bass voice.

Lowest male voice, of approximate range C2-D4. It is also used before the name of an instrument and indicates that the instrument sounds in approximately the same range.

Well-known bass singers include the Russian Fyodor Chaliapin and the Bulgarian Boris Christoff. The term also covers the bass instrument of a consort or family, for example the bass clarinet, bass tuba, and bassoon, which all have a similar range. An instrument an octave lower than bass is a contrabass.



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