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Figured bass   /fˈɪgjərd bæs/   Listen
Figured 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, thorough bass.






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"Figured bass" Quotes from Famous Books



... forthwith to compensate both you and myself for the pauses that have occurred. As for Prince Lobkowitz, his pauses with me still continue, and I fear he will never again come in at the right place; and in Prague (good heavens! with regard to Prince Kinsky's affair) they scarcely as yet know what a figured bass is, for they sing in slow, long-drawn choral notes; some of these sustained through sixteen bars ||. As all these discords seem likely to be very slowly resolved, it is best to bring forward only those which we can ourselves ...
— Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 of 2 • Lady Wallace



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