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noun, plural con·tin·u·os. Music.
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:
1715–25; < Italian: literally, continuous
1715–25; < Italian: literally, continuous
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Continuo
is always a great word to know.
So is diminished chord. Does it mean:
| major interval, chord, scale |
| dissonant chord |
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| continuo (kənˈtɪnjʊˌəʊ) | |
| —n , pl -os | |
| 1. | music |
| a. See thorough bass a shortened form of basso continuo | |
| b. (as modifier): a continuo accompaniment | |
| 2. | the thorough-bass part as played on a keyboard instrument, often supported by a cello, bassoon, etc |
| [Italian, literally: continuous] | |
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