At 1:11 PM -0400 10/13/08, dhbailey wrote:
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Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this?
In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a
repetitive bass line a "ground bass," or simply a "ground." And if it's 12
bars it may very well be a blues bass!
Being from Austin, I would have thought the pun was obvious to you:
Ostinato is pronounced "Austin Auto."
As for the ground bass, or simply "ground," if it's the same thing
done over and over with exactly duplicating entries, is it a "Ground
Round?"
Only if the upper voices proceed in strict canon. The only
historical Ground Round I know of is "Sumer is icumin in," early 13th
century. (Standard music history class bad joke!)
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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"We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition
of jazz musicians.
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