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continuo
[ kuhn-tin-yoo-oh ]
noun
- a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
continuo
/ kənˈtɪnjʊˌəʊ /
noun
- music
- a shortened form of basso continuo See thorough bass
- ( as modifier )
a continuo accompaniment
- the thorough-bass part as played on a keyboard instrument, often supported by a cello, bassoon, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of continuo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of continuo1
Example Sentences
The honeyed tone of the small complement of continuo instruments as the competing mothers approached Solomon was just one example of the care taken with details.
He also learned the organ and the harpsichord so he could play continuo.
There’s elasticity in the way the ensemble’s sound expands and contracts, reacting to fluctuations in the intensity of the characters’ feelings and enlivening music built predominantly from strings and continuo.
Even with a jazz quartet in the pit alongside the orchestra — Blanchard’s answer to a Baroque continuo — there’s little classic swing in the mix.
Scored for five voices, five unspecified instrumental parts and basso continuo, the music is reverent and wistful.
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