continuo
Definition of the Italian term continuo in music:
- basso continuo (improvised accompaniment central to Baroque music, based on a written bass line, typically performed by harpsichord and cello)
- continuo group (the instruments playing the basso continuo part)
- continuous
Language
Italian
Singular
continuo
Plural
continui
Abbreviation
b.c.
Synonym
(1) basso continuo
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include continuo:
- basso continuo – basso continuo (improvised accompaniment central t...
- organo e continuo – organ and basso continuo
- sonata a due con basso continuo – trio sonata (genre in the Baroque era, written for...
Musical examples
Music scores that include continuo:
- Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No. 1 (1723) Page 1
- Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1642) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor (ca. 1730) Page 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E major (1741) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret (1726) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E minor (1730) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion (1736) Page 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn (1714) Page 1