continuo

[ kuhn-tin-yoo-oh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

, plural con·tin·u·os.

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 /

music
1. a shortened form of basso continuo See thorough bass
2. ( as modifier )
  a continuo accompaniment
the thorough-bass part as played on a keyboard instrument, often supported by a cello, bassoon, etc

1715–25; < Italian: literally, continuous

Italian, literally: continuous

To which Cicero himself aptly answers, "que contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontent sint; illud non continuo, ut que incontent."

Continuo, culpam ferro compesce priusquam, Dira per infaustum serpant contagia corpus.

Continuo 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.

Ita dum fessum corpus, quocumque inclinabat, stimulis ferreis confoditur, vigiliis et dolore continuo interemptus est.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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