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Basso continuo - Definition of Basso continuo at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Basso continuo. Look it up now! ... basso continuo n. See continuo. [Italian, continuous bass.]
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Figured bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Figured bass , or thoroughbass , is a kind of integer musical notation used to indicate intervals, chords, and nonchord tones, in relation to a bass note. Figured bass is closely associated with b...
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Basso continuo (also "thoroughbass," "figured bass," "basse cifrée" (Fr.), "generalbass" (Ger.) or "continuo") is the practice of creating (called "realizing" by specialists) an ac...
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Basso continuo is a form of musical accompaniment used in the Baroque period. ... Basso continuo, sometimes just called “continuo”, was played by a keyboard instrument and another bass instrument such as cello, violone (an old form of double bass) or bassoon. The keyboard instrument was normally a harpsichord or,
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on basso continuo (music), in music, a system of partially improvised accompaniment played on a bass line, usually on a keyboard instrument. ... Basso continuo composition was a logical outgrowth of the monodic revolution (c. 1600), which declared the supremacy of the treble in...
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basso continuo Italian for "continuous bass". See figured bass. Also refers to performance group with a bass, chordal instrument (harpsichord, organ), and one bass melody instrument (cello, bassoon). bassoon The bassoon is a double-reed instrument made of wood.
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Sonata in F major for Recorder and Basso continuo; Handel's sonatas for wind instruments present a wide variety of styles, and make many demands on the players. This example, from one of his sonatas for the recorder, gives an idea of the technical difficulty of these pieces, balanced always by Handel's lyrical gift.
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