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Thorough bass   /θˈəroʊ bæs/   Listen
Thorough bass

noun
1.
A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played.  Synonyms: basso continuo, continuo, figured bass.






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"Thorough bass" Quotes from Famous Books



... housekeeping her main interest, and music only her recreation, yet they had not denied her musical genius a complete education. Fanny was not only taught to play the piano in her childhood, in company with Felix, but she was also allowed to receive lessons in thorough bass and the theory of composition. She was thus rendered capable of the expression of her musical talents; and in between her household duties, after, as well as before she became a wife and mother, she often ...
— Among the Great Masters of Music - Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians • Walter Rowlands



Words linked to "Thorough bass" :   bass part, bass



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