ground bass

A musical phrase played on the bass that repeats consistently throughout a piece of music (unlike the varied phrases that are played by the other instruments in the composition). While you play the ground bass, the piano will play the melody, and then the choir will come in.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
JindŘIch	-	Czech
Matthia	-	Old Church Slavic
Hagar	HAY-gahr (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Appius	AP-pi-uws (Ancient Roman), AP-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman
Baldassare	-	Italian
Eleuterio	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian