He was especially skilled in writing upon a ground bass.

In classical music this is known as a ground bass.

The next thing you know, they'll be expecting people to learn a simple ground bass," murmured David.

The final movement is a chaconne built on a ground bass that goes through a series of modulations.

Set in the key of A minor, the strings introduce a ground bass theme, with following variations.

The accompaniment is asymmetrical and repetitive, almost a ground bass.

Among Risher's favorite forms for such works are the ground bass and chaconne.

All the while, the mesmerizing ground bass continues.

But the chaconne, a series of variations over an unvarying ground bass, also does the job.

The strings were augmented by tinkling glass and a ground bass of conversation.

Both arias are formed on a lamento ground bass.

Some composers used the same melody throughout the piece, repeating it in the manner of a ground bass."

An important technique used in baroque music was the use of ground bass, a repeated bass line.

It is included in many classical music textbooks on account of its exemplary use of ground bass.

An ascending ground bass in C minor forms the basis of the piece, with melodic development layered above.

Pachelbel's Canon combines the techniques of canon and ground bass.

It could be the Russian Impressionistic equivalent of a Baroque ground bass.

Variation forms include ground bass, passacaglia, chaconne, and theme and variations.

A chaconne is a musical form used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression over a ground bass.

This was called a ground bass or sometimes it was a passacaglia or chaconne.

But the beautiful music effaces any possible absurdity, especially the remarkable ciacona, a set of variations over a repeating ground bass.

(Curators don't embellish or arrange, thank you, let alone improvise over a ground bass.)

The finale is a magnificent theme and variations on a ground bass, five measures in length, derived from the principal theme.

"Air on a Ground Bass" was staged for the company by Ernestine Stodelle.

The final movement is an example of a passacaglia using as its ground bass a similar theme as that of the opening movement.