ground bass

== English == === Alternative forms === groundbass === Noun === ground bass (countable and uncountable, plural ground basses) (music) A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground,‎ bass. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Synonyms ==== basso ostinato ==== See also ==== variations passacaglia chaconne