Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A note, usually in the bass and on the tonic or the dominant, sustained through harmonic changes in the other parts.

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  • noun A sustained bass pitch.

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  • noun a sustained bass note

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[point, musical note.]

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