Continuo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\ (? or ?), n. [It.] (Mus.)
     Basso continuo, or continued bass.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  continuo
       n : a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
           to indicate the chords to be played [syn: {figured bass},
            {basso continuo}, {thorough bass}]