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ground_bass

ground bass

English

Alternative forms

  • groundbass

Noun

ground bass (countable and uncountable, plural ground basses)

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see ground, bass.
  2. (music) A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece.

Synonyms

  • basso ostinato

See also