| 单词 | walking bass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking bass walking bass n. Music (now esp. Jazz) a bass part, often consisting of broken octaves, that goes up and down the scale in steps or small intervals, often with a sustained or legato sound. 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- 1825 London Mag. Oct. 269 A chorus of Handel followed.., ‘Let none despair’; it is upon a fine walking bass, and the voices burst in upon it with an expression of confidence truly admirable. 1917 H. F. Jones Samuel Butler I. xvi. 285 It was like Handel's music—a diatonic melody harmonised with common chords over a walking bass. 1939 W. Hobson Amer. Jazz Music 51 String bass, more often plucked or slapped than bowed, usually playing two or four bass notes per bar on a ‘walking’ (melodic) bass. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. iv. 29 If you listen carefully to the Ellington recording of ‘C Jam Blues’, you will hear a definitive example of the walking bass—1234/1234/1234, over and over again. 1995 Wire Jan. 56/1 There is a gently cheerful, loping 6/8 tune..; something sinister, funky and bluesy on a grooving, walking bass; and the occasional bit of anarchic free improvisation. < as lemmas |
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