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continuo

[ kuhn-tin-yoo-oh ]

noun

, Music.
, plural con·tin·u·os.
  1. 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 /

noun

  1. music
    1. a shortened form of basso continuo See thorough bass
    2. ( as modifier )

      a continuo accompaniment

  2. the thorough-bass part as played on a keyboard instrument, often supported by a cello, bassoon, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of continuo1

1715–25; < Italian: literally, continuous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of continuo1

Italian, literally: continuous
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Example Sentences

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.

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