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Thorough Bass

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Noun

1. basso continuo, continuo, figured bass, thorough bass

a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thorough Bass

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noun
a. Also called: basso continuo, continuo
(esp during the baroque period) a bass part underlying a piece of concerted music. It is played on a keyboard instrument, usually supported by a cello, viola da gamba, etc
See also figured bass
b. 
(as modifier)
a thorough-bass part
modifier
(in music) of or relating to a thorough bass
a thorough-bass part

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Thorough Bass

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Music
1. 
a. 
an old system for indicating accompanying chords by putting figures under the bass notes
b. 
the figures used
2.  Loosely
the theory of harmony

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thorough Bass

see synonyms of thorough bass
n.
See continuo.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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