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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

• GROUND BASS (noun)

Sense 1

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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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