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ground bass

In music, a bass line that repeats cyclically, over which an evolving harmonic-melodic structure is laid. Examples are the chaconne and passacaglia.



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In the first part, Bach's Organ Passacaglia in C Minor is accompanied by musicologist Robert Greenberg announcing tire variations on a ground bass.
ODC/San Francisco by Ulrich, Allan / Dance Magazine
Transparent though her dancing is, she risked being outshone by a dazzling quartet Deborah Bull and Leanne Benjamin with Stuart Cassidy and William Trevitt) moving across the stage to a ground bass of funky corps dancers.
Mr Worldly Wise by Parry, Jann / Dance Magazine
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