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  • 41Continuo — Con|ti|nuo 〈Musik; kurz für〉 Basso continuo …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 42continuo — con|tin|u|o [kənˈtınju əu US ou] n plural continuos technical [Date: 1700 1800; : Italian; Origin: continuo continuous , from Latin continuus; CONTINUOUS] a musical part consisting of a line of low notes with figures showing the higher notes that …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43continuo — n. (pl. os) Mus. an accompaniment providing a bass line and harmonies which are indicated by figures, usu. played on a keyboard instrument. Etymology: basso continuo (It., = continuous bass) …

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  • 44continuo — noun The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work …

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  • 45continuo — {{hw}}{{continuo}}{{/hw}}agg. 1 Che si svolge o si ripete senza interruzione, nel tempo o nello spazio: pioggia continua | Di –c, continuamente; SIN. Incessante. 2 (raro) Ininterrotto, perenne: pianto –c. 3 Detto di corrente elettrica avente… …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 46continuo — continuo1 pl.m. continui continuo1 sing.f. continua continuo1 pl.f. continue continuo2 pl.m. continui …

    Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

  • 47continuo — noun (C) technical a musical part consisting of a line of low notes with figures showing the higher notes that are to be played with them …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48continuo — con·tin·uo …

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  • 49continuo — con•tin•u•o [[t]kənˈtɪn yuˌoʊ[/t]] n. pl. tin•u•os mad a musical keyboard accompaniment in unrealized form consisting of a series of bass notes whose chordal harmonies are indicated by numerals Also called figured bass Etymology: 1715–25; < It …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50continuo — /kənˈtɪnjuoʊ/ (say kuhn tinyoohoh) noun 1. a bass part, usually for the keyboard accompaniment in a baroque piece of music, in which the harmony is implied by the given bass line, but which is sometimes numbered to indicate chord progressions;… …