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BASS LINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • String Instruments
DEF

The lowest sounding note(s) of a series of chords, often heard along with the melody as most important.

CONT

While accomplished bassists will play bass lines using a variety of rhythms and a broad range of approaches to the harmony, elementary bass lines present the harmony of the song, and "walking bass lines" usually involve quarter-note motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

La ligne de basse chromatique, constante, de Resurrección del ángel (Résurrection de l'ange) évoque le symbole de la complainte baroque.

Spanish

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