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GROUND BASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ground bass mean?
• GROUND BASS (noun)
The noun GROUND BASS has 1 sense:
1. a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
Familiarity information: GROUND BASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ground bass" is a kind of...):
bass; bass part (the lowest part in polyphonic music)
ostinato (a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition)
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