ground bassn.

Brit.

/ˈɡraʊnd beɪs/, U.S.

/ˈɡraʊnd ˌbeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., bass n.⁵

Etymology: < ground n. + bass n.⁵

1. Music. A short bass part which is constantly repeated as the other parts of the music vary.The most common length of a ground bass is four or eight bars.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > bass parts

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basso ostinato1876

bass line1894

bottom1936

bottom line1963

basso continuo-

1685 Theater of Music ii. Sig. A2^v The Division-Violin, containing a choice Collection of Divisions for the Treble-Violin to a Ground-Bass, all fairly engraven on Copper-Plates, being of great benefit and delight for all Practitioners on the Violin, and are the first that ever were printed of this kind of Musick.

1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. iii. ii. 27 The Clowns Song at the Marriage of Mary the Buxome, in Eleven Movements, Sung to a Division on a Ground Bass: The Words implying a Country Match at Stool-Ball.

1741 J. Buckenham Psalm-singer's Devout Exercise p. xx Ciacona, (Italian) is a Tune composed to a Ground Bass.

1827 Morning Post 27 May ‘To him were known’, is another new idea—a ground bass and an accompaniment of the drum, somewhat resembling minute guns, convey an idea of incantation.

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 654 The voices move, in strict canonic imitation, on a groundbass.

1996 Church Times 9 Aug. 20/1 The hint of comic opera, Purcellian ground-bass, passing (if thinnish) Monteverdian parody, Ann Griffiths's delightful contributions on the harp, and the amiable atmosphere of the occasion perhaps tended to sugar what should be a bitter pill.

2018 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. ‘Endless Blue’.., also an arrangement of one of Barwin's old tunes, is built upon a repeating ground bass.

2. figurative. An underlying feeling, influence or foundation; an undercurrent. Chiefly in negative contexts.

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society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > underlying tendency or undercurrent

ground bass1699

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1699 H. Wanley Let. 25 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 274 'Tis very like such a common-ground-Bass as this.

1866 Belfast News-let. 29 June Even among those States which have accepted the Prussian alliance there is an under-current of discontent, a murmuring ground-bass, above which the shouts of exultation sound inappropriate and discordant.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. ii. 76 Their correspondence, their reports on the condition of their dioceses, always come back to this ground-bass.

1968 Listener 23 May 657/3 These highlights apart, there is a ground bass of beatings, shootings and torture, all weltering in blood.

2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 June c2 She's the calm center, the ground bass, and though she acknowledges the looser culture around her with a shy shimmy, the influence flows more strongly in the opposite direction.

2020 National (Scotl.) (Nexis) 11 Oct. It is a bizarre, low-level ground bass of discontent and waspish criticism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	ground bass
释义	ground bassn. Brit. /ˈɡraʊnd beɪs/, U.S. /ˈɡraʊnd ˌbeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., bass n.⁵ Etymology: < ground n. + bass n.⁵ 1. Music. A short bass part which is constantly repeated as the other parts of the music vary.The most common length of a ground bass is four or eight bars. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > bass parts bourdonc1400 burden1594 bassus1605 thoroughbass1632 bass1666 ground bass1685 continuo1724 continued bass1728 figured bass1786 walking bass1825 basso ostinato1876 bass line1894 bottom1936 bottom line1963 basso continuo- 1685 Theater of Music ii. Sig. A2^v The Division-Violin, containing a choice Collection of Divisions for the Treble-Violin to a Ground-Bass, all fairly engraven on Copper-Plates, being of great benefit and delight for all Practitioners on the Violin, and are the first that ever were printed of this kind of Musick. 1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. iii. ii. 27 The Clowns Song at the Marriage of Mary the Buxome, in Eleven Movements, Sung to a Division on a Ground Bass: The Words implying a Country Match at Stool-Ball. 1741 J. Buckenham Psalm-singer's Devout Exercise p. xx Ciacona, (Italian) is a Tune composed to a Ground Bass. 1827 Morning Post 27 May ‘To him were known’, is another new idea—a ground bass and an accompaniment of the drum, somewhat resembling minute guns, convey an idea of incantation. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 654 The voices move, in strict canonic imitation, on a groundbass. 1996 Church Times 9 Aug. 20/1 The hint of comic opera, Purcellian ground-bass, passing (if thinnish) Monteverdian parody, Ann Griffiths's delightful contributions on the harp, and the amiable atmosphere of the occasion perhaps tended to sugar what should be a bitter pill. 2018 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. ‘Endless Blue’.., also an arrangement of one of Barwin's old tunes, is built upon a repeating ground bass. 2. figurative. An underlying feeling, influence or foundation; an undercurrent. Chiefly in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > underlying tendency or undercurrent ground bass1699 undercurrent1792 underdrift1891 1699 H. Wanley Let. 25 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 274 'Tis very like such a common-ground-Bass as this. 1866 Belfast News-let. 29 June Even among those States which have accepted the Prussian alliance there is an under-current of discontent, a murmuring ground-bass, above which the shouts of exultation sound inappropriate and discordant. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. ii. 76 Their correspondence, their reports on the condition of their dioceses, always come back to this ground-bass. 1968 Listener 23 May 657/3 These highlights apart, there is a ground bass of beatings, shootings and torture, all weltering in blood. 2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 June c2 She's the calm center, the ground bass, and though she acknowledges the looser culture around her with a shy shimmy, the influence flows more strongly in the opposite direction. 2020 National (Scotl.) (Nexis) 11 Oct. It is a bizarre, low-level ground bass of discontent and waspish criticism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1685
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