continuo
Figured bass part
Continuo is a form of musical accompaniment from the Baroque era, in which a bass line is played continuously throughout a piece while a keyboard or lute improvises chords above it.
The term is short for basso continuo.
A continuo part typically involves two players—one on a bass instrument like cello or bassoon, another on harpsichord or organ filling in harmonies from numerical notation called figured bass.
Low male singer
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- realizationGrasping what's true
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- viola da gambaFretted bowed string instrument
organ · clavichord · lute · chamber music · ensemble · recitative · aria · cantata
Simultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- chord progressionSequence of tonal changes
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
suspension · dominant · tonic · consonance · dissonance · modulation · seventh chord · triad
Supplementary support element
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- sustainingMaintaining over time
background · interplay · dialogue · obligato
basso
Low male singer
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- realizationGrasping what's true
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
viola da gamba · organ · clavichord · lute · chamber music · ensemble · recitative · aria · cantata · oratorio
counterpoint
Simultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- chord progressionSequence of tonal changes
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
resolution · suspension · dominant · tonic · consonance · dissonance · modulation · seventh chord · triad · bassline
accompaniment
Supplementary support element
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
sustaining · background · interplay · dialogue · obligato
- Baroque MusicBach, Vivaldi, Handel, harpsichord, Vivaldi Four Seasons
- accompanimentbacking band, backing track, accompanist, piano accompaniment, guitar accompaniment
- Organ Playingpedaling, registration, organ stops, pedal board, coupler
- violinviolin, bowing, violin bow, strings, fingerboard
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- Keyboard Concertospiano concerto, concerto, piano, harpsichord, fortepiano
- to be continuedPromise of future episodes
- continued on one's merry wayPersisted cheerfully, ignoring obstacles
- continuing educationOngoing professional coursework after graduation
- continue watchingRestart paused media
- continuing ed
- continuity errorInconsistency across scenes
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