Ground Bass
A bass of four or eight bars, constantly repeated, each time with varied melody and harmony. The ground bass was generally used as the basis of the chaconne and passacaglio.
How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.
A bass of four or eight bars, constantly repeated, each time with varied melody and harmony. The ground bass was generally used as the basis of the chaconne and passacaglio.