Behind was a strange for me to us. I just meant that while the ostinato is sounding other melodies are heard.

John Howell wrote:
At 2:36 PM -0700 10/12/08, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
A Bass can be a melody..........and it is behind.........

Of course it can, but in the case of either a passacaglia or chaconne it is not, it is a ground, in much the same way that an isorhythmic tenor COULD be called a melody, but as it was used int he 14th century it was not THE melody. I don't understand the "behind" comment.

John


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