continuo

2 definitions found

continuo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

continuo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]