- thoroughbass
- noun Date: 1662 continuo
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thoroughbass — thor·ough·bass or thor·ough bass (thûrʹō bās , thûrʹə , thŭrʹ ) n. See continuo. [thorough, through and through + bass2.] * * * … Universalium
thoroughbass — thor•ough•bass [[t]ˈθɜr əˌbeɪs, ˈθʌr [/t]] n. mad continuo • Etymology: 1655–65 … From formal English to slang
thoroughbass — /ˈθʌrəbeɪs/ (say thuruhbays) noun 1. a bass part written out in full throughout an entire piece of music and accompanied by figures which indicate the successive chords of the harmony. 2. the science or method of indicating harmonies by such… …
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basso continuo — Music. continuo. [1665 75] * * * ▪ music also called continuo, thoroughbass , or figured bass in music, a system of partially improvised accompaniment played on a bass line, usually on a keyboard instrument. The use of basso continuo… … Universalium
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continuo — noun (plural uos) Etymology: Italian, from continuo continuous, from Latin continuus Date: circa 1724 a bass part (as for a keyboard or stringed instrument) used especially in baroque ensemble music and consisting of a succession of bass notes… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Figured bass — Melody from the opening of Henry Purcell s Thy Hand, Belinda , Dido and Aeneas (1689) with figured bass below ( … Wikipedia
