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ground bass

Music a short phrase, usually of four to eight measures, played repeatedly in the bass against the melodies and harmonies of the upper parts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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