ground bass in English
noun
1
a short theme, usually in the bass, that is constantly repeated as the other parts of the music vary.
He produced many fine sets of variations on popular melodies and ground basses as well as stylized dance music (especially pavans and galliards) and such abstract pieces as fantasias and preludes.
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1. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.