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figured bass
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noun
Music
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a bass part in
which
the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
Origin:
1795–1805
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figured bass
(beɪs)
—
n
a shorthand method of indicating a thorough-bass part in which each bass note is accompanied by figures indicating the intervals to be played in the chord above it in the realization
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