Associations to the word «Continuo»

Wiktionary

CONTINUO, noun. (music) The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work

Dictionary definition

CONTINUO, noun. A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky