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Basso Continuo

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a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

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Variants

synonym
figured bass
plural
Basso Continuos
possessive
Basso Continuo's
pluralpossessive
Basso Continuos'

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a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

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