ground bass

noun

: a short bass passage continually repeated below constantly changing melody and harmony

Examples of ground bass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Something else, far below the hum of daily pique, resounds through this massive book—a ground bass of doom and dejection. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020

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