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- The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work
- group of instruments, including a lute or keyboard instrument and one or more sustaining bass instruments, that accompanied Baroque ensemble compositions
- a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
- Basso continuo
- Basso continuo, or continued bass
- a continuous bass part in Baroque music with improvised harmonies by chordal instruments NAM 28 2nd Movement
- A set of chords continuously underliying the melody in a piece of baroque music; the instruments playing the continuo, usually cello plus harpsichord or organ
- or Figured bass, a bass line accompanied by figures which represent various chords and harmonic devices
- continuos a musical part consisting of a line of low notes with figures showing the higher notes that are played with them. or basso continuo In Baroque music, a special subgroup of an instrumental ensemble. It consists of two instruments reading the same part: a bass instrument, such as a cello or bassoon, and a chordal instrument, most often a harpsichord but sometimes an organ or lute. Its appearance in the early 17th century reflected the radically new musical texture of accompanied melody that was especially typical of the new vocal genre of opera. The continuo (which has a counterpart in the bass and rhythm guitar of a rock band) came to be employed in virtually all ensemble music of the Baroque era
- basso continuo
- The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello. Abbreviation: bc
- basso continuo
- An important element of baroque instrumentation, the combination of a bass instrument (usually from the string family), such as the cello or double bass, paired with a keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord or the organ These two instruments (the bass instrument and the keyboard instrument) read the same line of music, a bass line, so that the keyboard player improvised chords and other accompanying figures in his or her right hand The basso continuo provided the rhythmic and harmonic support for virtually all baroque music
- basso continuo
- a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
- basso continuo
- When the director can't get them to stop
- basso continuo
- Continuous Bass", sometimes referred to as "thoroughbass" Used in Baroque music, A continuo is a bass line that repeats throughout an entire work, or section of a work Played by the lowest instrument, a continuo usually consisted of a bass line, and a series of figures
- basso continuo
- "Continuous Bass", sometimes referred to as "thoroughbass" Used in Baroque music, A continuo is a bass line that repeats throughout an entire work, or sections of a work Played by the lowest instrument, a continuo usually consisted of a bass line, and a series of figures
- basso continuo
- Continuo, Thorough-bass - The Baroque practice in which the bass part if played by a viola da gamba(cello) or bassoon while a keyboard instrument performed the bass line and the indicated chords
- continuos
- plural of continuo
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