ground bass

English

Alternative forms

  • groundbass

Noun

ground bass (countable and uncountable, plural ground basses)

  1. (music) A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground,‎ bass. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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