Assertion: bass | /r/HasProperty | silent
Facets:
value: for a few beats
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In a stop time part, the bass (with the rest of the ensemble) plays a short initial rhythm, generally the chord root on beat 1, possibly with a rhythmic figure, but then the bass and the rest of the rhythm section are silent for a few beats, while the melody plays alone, like a call and response, or like shooting a yo-yo off a cliff.