continuo
noun/kənˈtɪnjuəʊ/
/kənˈtɪnjuəʊ/
[uncountable] (from Italian, music)- a musical part played with another instrument, in which a line of low notes is shown with figures to represent the higher notes to be played above them
- a trio for two violins and continuo
Word Originearly 18th cent.: Italian basso continuo ‘continuous bass’.
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