Usually means: Continuous, rhythmic melody on bass.
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  1. walking bass: Merriam-Webster
  2. walking bass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. walking bass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. walking bass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. walking bass: Wiktionary
  6. walking bass: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. walking bass: Dictionary.com
  8. Walking bass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. walking bass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. walking bass: The Folk File

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  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (walking bass)

noun:  (music) A style of bass accompaniment or line, common in baroque music and jazz, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.

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