English Explanatory Dictionary

ground bass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, bass.

Word forms

ground bass ground basses groundbass

Synonyms

basso ostinato

Related words

variations passacaglia chaconne

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