Canta con la base

[Ben]

On an Italian website which lists the words of songs I was directed to click "Canta con la base". The dictionary gives various meanings for "base", but none of them seem to fit. Does "la base" refer to the music or the words? Or does it mean to sing with a deep base voice?

Gerry

 

[Leopold]

I think that may refer to the music, but just the rythm or that that makes it, i mean, the more "basic part" of the music. But i'm not sure. In Spanish it would be like that, but i'm not sure about italian...

L.

 

[DDT]

I think that may refer to the music, but just the rythm or that that makes it, i mean, the more "basic part" of the music. But i'm not sure. In Spanish it would be like that, but i'm not sure about italian...

L.

That's definitely the same in Italian, bravo Leopold! So that "la base" refers to the music only.

DDT

 

[Silvia]

Ben, have you ever heard of karaoke?

 

[walnut]

Karaoke is exactly what you do when singing con la base! Ciao, Walnut

 

[Ben]

Yep, I've got the idea now.

Google came up with:

con la base ritmica
con la base musicale
con la base midi

so it seems to be something like what we'd call in English "background" or "accompaniment".

Grazie a tutti
Gerry

 

[Silvia]

accompaniment looks like the right word

 

[Ben]

Ecco capitolo e verso su "la base" che ho trovato in GARZANTI LINGUISTICA:

Base musicale: nella tecnica di incisione, pista musicale preregistrata utilizzabile per ulteriori registrazioni o per esibizioni dal vivo.



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È d'accordo con tutti i vostri suggerimenti.


Ciao
Gerry

PS Please correct my attempt at writing Italian.

 

[walnut]

Una chiusura elegante per questo thread! Grazie Ben W.