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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bassline that is continually repeated throughout a composition.
- noun A composition having such a bassline.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music The repetition of a
bassline orharmonic pattern as the basis of a piece underneathvariations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
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