Ground bass

In music, a ground bass is a bass part or bassline that repeats continually, as an ostinato, while the melody and possibly harmony over it change. It was developed and used frequently in the Baroque era

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Music - Bass - Bassline - Ostinato - Melody - Harmony - Baroque

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A well known classical example is the ground bass employed in Pachelbel's Canon. In popular music, many bass guitar riffs can be regarded as a modern version of the ground bass. An example is Pink Floyd's "Money" (The Dark Side of The Moon - 1973).

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Pachelbel's Canon - Popular music - Bass guitar - Riff - Pink Floyd

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