continuo
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.
Origin of continuo
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How to use continuo in a sentence
To which Cicero himself aptly answers, "que contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontent sint; illud non continuo, ut que incontent."
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Millcontinuo, culpam ferro compesce priusquam, Dira per infaustum serpant contagia corpus.
Wanderings in South America | Charles Watertoncontinuo summas se tollit caetus ad undas, T. stire, moves; comp.
The three strings are often complete without the continuo, but occasionally there is an extra part for this.
Twelve Good Musicians | Frederick BridgeIta dum fessum corpus, quocumque inclinabat, stimulis ferreis confoditur, vigiliis et dolore continuo interemptus est.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
British Dictionary definitions for continuo
/ (kənˈtɪnjʊˌəʊ) /
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
Origin of continuo
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