A ke kī ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila, a i ʻole bassist, he mea hoʻokani pila e like me ka pahu pālua, ke kīkā bass, ka bass keyboard a i ʻole ka mea kani keleawe haʻahaʻa e like me ka tuba a i ʻole sousaphone.
Pili nā ʻano mele like ʻole me hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha o kēia mau mea kani. Mai ka 1960s, ʻo ka bass uila ka mea kani bass maʻamau no ka rock and roll, jazz fusion, heavy metal, ʻāina, reggae a me nā mele pop.
ʻO ka bass pālua ka mea kani bass maʻamau no nā mele kahiko, bluegrass, rockabilly, a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻano jazz.
ʻO nā mea kani keleawe haʻahaʻa e like me ka tuba a i ʻole sousaphone ka mea kani bass maʻamau ma Dixieland a me New Orleans-style jazz bands. ʻOiai ka hui ʻana o nā mea kani bass like ʻole me kekahi mau ʻano, aia nā ʻokoʻa. Ke hoʻohana nei kekahi mau 1990s a me 2000s rock and pop bands i kahi bass pālua, e like me Andrew Jackson Jihad, Barenaked Ladies; ʻO ka hui indie The Decemberists; a me nā hui punk rock/psychobilly e like me The Living End, Nekrontix, The Horrorpops, a me Tiger Army. Ke hoʻohana nei kekahi mau hui jazz fusion i kahi kīʻaha maʻemaʻe a wehe ʻia i lalo ma mua o ka pahu pālua. Ke hoʻohana nei kekahi poʻe haku mele o kēia wā i ka bass uila ma kahi hoʻonohonoho mele keʻena. Hoʻohana kekahi mau hui jazz nui i ka bass uila. Hoʻohana kekahi fusion, R&B a me nā hui mele hale synth bass a i ʻole bass kīpē ma mua o ka bass uila. Hoʻohana kekahi mau pūʻulu Dixieland i ʻelua bass a i ʻole bass uila ma kahi o ka tuba. Ma kekahi mau pūʻulu jazz a me nā hui jam, hoʻokani ʻia nā basslines e kahi mea hoʻokani okana Hammond, nāna e hoʻohana i ka bass pedal keyboard a i ʻole ka manual haʻahaʻa no nā memo haʻahaʻa.
ʻO wau ʻo Joost Nusselder, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Neaera a me kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻike, makuakāne, a makemake hoʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hana hou me ka guitar ma ka puʻuwai o koʻu makemake, a me kaʻu hui, ua hana wau i nā ʻatikala blog hohonu mai 2020 e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu kūpaʻa me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻopaʻa leo a me nā kīkā.