NOUN
- a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
How To Use basso continuo In A Sentence
- I am going to limit myself to the three concertos for four solo violins without basso continuo.
- In the 17th century the development of the basso continuo led to a proliferation of fixed-bass variation types, especially ostinato dances like the passacaglia and chaconne.
- Ludovico Grossi, called Viadana from the place of his birth, seems to have been the first to use the term basso continuo and on the authority of Prætorius and other writers was long credited with the invention of the thing itself. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
- Curiously, Holloway uses both harpsichord and organ as basso continuo instruments.
- The basso continuo, an abbreviated chordal notation, called for one or more singers to be accompanied by a single chordal instrument, while allowing for variation and improvisation in the accompanying instrumental harmonies.
- I am going to limit myself to the three concertos for four solo violins without basso continuo.
