ground bass
[ beys ]
/ beɪs /
noun Music.
a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
Origin of ground bass
First recorded in 1690–1700
Words nearby ground bass
grough,
ground,
ground alert,
ground bait,
ground ball,
ground bass,
ground beam,
ground beetle,
ground bug,
ground bundle,
ground cable
Example sentences from the Web for ground bass
So lonely was it, so plunged in a ground-bass of silence; so much too big and permanent for any figure of man.
The Freelands |John GalsworthyIt is the ground-bass of love, however transcendentalised, and whether it give birth to children or ideas.
A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for ground bass
ground bass
ground
/ (beɪs) /
noun
music
a short melodic bass line that is repeated over and over again