Basswork

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The playing of the bass uncountable

    "His basswork is both sure-fingered and mercifully sparse[…]."

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"His basswork is both sure-fingered and mercifully sparse[…]."

Etymology

From bass + work.

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