How you say?... "BASS"???

[girlonbass]

I'm starting to realize that there are tons of people from all over the world posting here. I noticed that there are lots of other ways to say bass in other languages.

What is your mother tongue and how do you say...

• BASS
• BASS GUITAR
• ELECTRIC BASS
• DOUBLE BASS

Let's see if we can find 101 ways to say bass!

Terri

[dedpool1052]

i say bass guitar, because i play with a pick.

[Ayce]

I'm in the electric bass section.

to add one, Upright Bass.

[girlonbass]

But how do you say "bass" in French or German or Japanese or Farsi or Hindi or Chinese or...???

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

In Spanish, it can be "bajo", "bajo eléctrico" or "guitarra bajo". Some people call it "bajo de pecho" ("chest bass").

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

On the other hand, the double bass is just called "contrabajo". Electric upright is called "baby" or "bajo baby", although I prefer to call it "contrabajo eléctrico".

[LowEZ]

Originally Posted by dedpool1052

i say bass guitar, because i play with a pick.

I say bass guitar and I've never played with a pick.

[dedpool1052]

Originally Posted by LowEZ

I say bass guitar and I've never played with a pick.

bass guitar to me just specifies what type of bass i play. but at the end of the day, it's all just bass.

[ThudThudThud]

I've always said that I'm a 'bass player' when asked. However, when I talk about my basses I informally refer to them as 'guitars.'

[Saxn]

I just have to say that the term "bajo baby" absolutely rocks and is now in my vocabulary.

[PatQ]

German:

• BASS = Bass
• BASS GUITAR = Bassgitarre
• ELECTRIC BASS = E-Bass (never heard someone saying "elektrischer Bass"
• DOUBLE BASS = Kontrabass

[FrenchBassQC]

French:

•BASS = Basse
•BASS GUITAR = Guitare Basse
•ELECTRIC BASS = Basse Électrique
•DOUBLE BASS = Contrebasse

[Basdyret]

Danish:

•BASS = Bas
•BASS GUITAR = Basguitar
•ELECTRIC BASS = Elbas
•DOUBLE BASS = Kontrabas

[Temcat]

Russian:

•BASS = бас [bas]
•BASS GUITAR = бас-гитара [bas-gitara]
•ELECTRIC BASS = электрический бас [elektricheskiy bas], электрическая бас-гитара [elektricheskaya bas-gitara]
•DOUBLE BASS = контрабас [kontrabas]

[Coolhandjjl]

When my wife's really mad at me, she calls it my banjo.

[Gitaaroverlast]

Dutch/Nederlands:

Bass: Bas ('Ba' Pronounced like the 'ba' in 'Barf.' Then just add an S.)
Bass Guitar: Basgitaar
Electric Bass: Elektrische Bas (However, Electric Bass Guitar, Elektrische basgitaar, would be more common I suppose.)
Double Bass: Contrabas
Bassist: Bassist
Bass Guitarist: Basgitarist
Bass Amplifier: Basversterker

[Marihino]

Polish:

bass - bas (pronounced like in bass the fish)
bass guitar - gitara basowa
electric bass - nobody really refers to the electricity in it, but it would be either "bas elektryczny" or "elektryczna gitara basowa"
double/upright bass - kontrabas
bassist - basista

[Imaginos]

Finnish:

Bass: basso
Bass guitar: bassokitara
Electric bass: sähköbasso
Double/upright bass: kontrabasso (there's also an informal name läskibasso which translates to 'fat bass')
Bassist: basisti

[foq1978]

Originally Posted by girlonbass

[*]BASS[*]BASS GUITAR[*]ELECTRIC BASS[*]DOUBLE BASS

Brazilian Portuguese:

In brazilian Portuguese we would normally say:

Baixo
Guitarra baixo (but nobody says it that way. It sounds weird, in fact)
Baixo elétrico
Contrabaixo

[musicbaker]

español "chilensis"
Bajo eléctrico, or "beiss", or "bass" - bass
contrabajo, "contrabass" - double bass