bass linen.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪs lʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪs ˌlaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bass adj., line n.²

Etymology: < bass adj. + line n.²

Music.

1. In musical notation: each of the lines of a bass stave; the bass stave itself. Now rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > stave > specific stave

bass line1770

third stave1876

third staff-

1770 J. Holden Ess. Rational Syst. Music i. iii. 19 To this intermediate line, we therefore sometimes add the two lowest lines of the Treble staff, and the two uppermost of the Bass staff; and sometimes more of the Bass lines, and fewer of the treble.

1828 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. 3 281 The names of the five treble lines may form one lesson;..then the five bass lines.

1876 Musical Times 17 519 Twice in this duet we find a semibreve written on the bass line.

1906 Proc. Musical Assoc. 33rd Sess. 150 Another stave is labelled ‘Quatre basses de Viollons a cinq cordes’ (usual bass clef). Another bass line is allotted to four other basses with four strings.

2. The lowest part or sequence of notes in (a passage of) a composition, as written, played, or sung; the sequence of notes played by the bass instrument or instruments.

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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-

1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 836/1 In Handel's day the organist played the organ part from the score, which had a figured bass line.

1926 Times 12 Feb. 10/3 The great vigour of the bass line assigned to the bassoons and reinforced from time to time by the trombone.

1959 Listener 23 July 152/3 It surprisingly reappears as the bass-line for the final cadence of both the third and the fourth movements.

1981 B. Arnold Muted Swan vii. 171 He started the trebles on their part, and they seemed to come to it easily enough. He sang..the bass line.

1997 ‘Two Fingers’ in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 224 High spiralling patterns of sound dance over a subliminal bassline.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bass line
释义	bass linen. Brit. /ˈbeɪs lʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈbeɪs ˌlaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bass adj., line n.² Etymology: < bass adj. + line n.² Music. 1. In musical notation: each of the lines of a bass stave; the bass stave itself. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > stave > specific stave bass line1770 third stave1876 third staff- 1770 J. Holden Ess. Rational Syst. Music i. iii. 19 To this intermediate line, we therefore sometimes add the two lowest lines of the Treble staff, and the two uppermost of the Bass staff; and sometimes more of the Bass lines, and fewer of the treble. 1828 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. 3 281 The names of the five treble lines may form one lesson;..then the five bass lines. 1876 Musical Times 17 519 Twice in this duet we find a semibreve written on the bass line. 1906 Proc. Musical Assoc. 33rd Sess. 150 Another stave is labelled ‘Quatre basses de Viollons a cinq cordes’ (usual bass clef). Another bass line is allotted to four other basses with four strings. 2. The lowest part or sequence of notes in (a passage of) a composition, as written, played, or sung; the sequence of notes played by the bass instrument or instruments. 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- 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 836/1 In Handel's day the organist played the organ part from the score, which had a figured bass line. 1926 Times 12 Feb. 10/3 The great vigour of the bass line assigned to the bassoons and reinforced from time to time by the trombone. 1959 Listener 23 July 152/3 It surprisingly reappears as the bass-line for the final cadence of both the third and the fourth movements. 1981 B. Arnold Muted Swan vii. 171 He started the trebles on their part, and they seemed to come to it easily enough. He sang..the bass line. 1997 ‘Two Fingers’ in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 224 High spiralling patterns of sound dance over a subliminal bassline. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1770
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