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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 Ground

Bass is

also called ‘basso ostinato’ in Italian.


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