Ground bass is the repeated melody in the bass that supports the melodies above it.
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‘Ground Bass ‘means a bass part which is repeated throughout the piece. Is a term used in Baroque Music but has the same meaning as it means a part which is repeated as a bass throughout the whole piece of music to structure it throughout the whole of it.The GroundBass isalso called ‘basso ostinato’ in Italian.hope this washelpfulbecause it was to me LOL
Ostinato is the correct spelling. It is an Italian word meaning "stubborn". The English word "obstinate" comes from it.Ostinato is a musical term for a phrase or rhythm repeated over and over ("obstinate"??), often in the bass part. A good example of an ostinato is the repeated eighth note bass pattern played in Boogies. Another good example is the ostinato rhythm used over and over in Maurice Ravel's Bolero.
No, basso continuo adds chords to the base line whereas in ground bass instruments play a single short melody many times. The two techniques can be used together however.
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In a string orchestra, the instrument with the lowest pitch is the Bass (also called Double Bass, String Bass, Upright Bass, and Contrabass)