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music-glossary: figured bass

 
 1.127 figured bass
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 ES: bajo cifrado, I: basso continuo, basso numerato, F: basse chiffrée,
 basse continue, D: Generalbass, bezifferter Bass, NL: basso continuo,
 becijferde bas DK: generalbas, S: generalbas, FI: kenraalibasso,
 numeroitu basso.
 
    Also called ‘thorough bass’.
 
    A method of indicating an accompaniment part by the bass notes only,
 together with figures designating the chief intervals and chords to be
 played above the bass notes.
 
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 See also
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    chord, interval.
 

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