continuo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

continuo
    n 1: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
         to indicate the chords to be played [syn: {figured bass},
         {basso continuo}, {continuo}, {thorough bass}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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