About Bass music
Bass music is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of popular music.
From Wikipedia
Bass music is any of several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music to fall into, each putting a different spin on one of music's loudest elements". Typically, the bass sound is created using synthesizers and drum machines such as the influential Roland TR-808 or software synthesizers like Xfer Serum.
Electronic dance music genres of this type may include:
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What is Bass music?
Bass music is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of popular music.