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Definition: CONTINUO |
CONTINUONoun1. Basso continuo, or continued bass. |
Date "CONTINUO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\, noun. [Italian]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Basso continuo is a type of accompaniment in western classical music particularly common in the Baroque period. The name is sometimes shortened to continuo and occasionally translated as thorough-bass. The term is also applied to the musical instruments playing this type of accompaniment.A basso continuo part is made by the performer by creating (or "realizing") an accompaniment from a composed bass part by improvising harmony above the written notes. The chordss to be played are either determined with reference to the other written parts in the piece or else by interpreting numbers written by the composer beneath the bass part (known as figured bass).
The instruments used to play continuo parts vary and their selection is largely based on taste. In modern performances, the combination of cello (which just plays the bass notes) and harpsichord is frequently used, but in the Baroque period various other instruments were employed, including the organ and the lute.
Basso continuo was employed most often in the Baroque period (around 1600 - 1750), though continued to be used in many works in the Classical music era (up to around 1800). Examples of its use in the 19th century are rarer, but they do exist: masseses by Anton Bruckner, for example, have a basso continuo part for the organist to play.
Modern editions of music originally written with a continuo part usually supply a keyboard part in which the harmonies are fully written out for the player, eliminating the need for improvisation. With the rise in historically informed performance, however, the number of performers who improvise their parts, as would have been done when the pieces were first written, has increased.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Basso continuo."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CONS | Italian | Continuo | Transportation |
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Crosswords: CONTINUO |
| English words defined with "CONTINUO": Continued bass. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CONTINUO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (abiding, ceaseless, continual, continuous, hourly, incessant, lasting, non-stop, running, steady), Latin (ado, at once, attendant, bridge, connected, continuous, continuously, do without pause, draw out, extend, forthwith, hanging together, immediately, in consequence, indivisible, intermission, keep on, last, lasting, necessarily, one who is always around, prolong, renew, to be after, to join (together), uninterrupted, without delay, without further evidence), Spanish (abiding, chronic, constant, continual, continuous, direct, lasting, nagging, non-stop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, rolling, steady, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). |
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Movie/TV Titles | In continuo (1971) Il Continuo (1970) El Movimiento continuo (1916) Rosso continuo (1990) | |
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| "CONTINUO" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONTINUO" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 57 | 44,859 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "CONTINUO": Basso continuo. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CONTINUO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | generalbas (thorough bass). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de euqewV afenteV ta diktua hkolouqhsan autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At illi continuo relictis retibus secuti sunt eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & hyo þær-rihte forlæten heora nyt& hym felgdon. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they strayght waye lefte their nettes and folowed hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they immediately left their nets, and followed him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And straight away they let go the nets and went after him. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Dihadiha gibiyaan nila ang ilang mga laya ug mikuyog kaniya. |
| Croatian | Oni brzo ostave mreže i poðu za njim. |
| Danish | Og de forlode straks Garnene og fulgte ham. |
| Dutch | Zij dan, terstond de netten verlatende, zijn Hem nagevolgd. |
| Finnish | Niin he jättivät kohta verkot ja seurasivat häntä. |
| French | Aussitôt, ils laissèrent les filets, et le suivirent. |
| German | Alsbald verließen sie ihre Netze und folgten ihm nach. |
| Haitian Creole | Lamenm, yo kite privye yo, y' ale avèk li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Langsung mereka meninggalkan jala mereka lalu mengikuti Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dengan segeranya mereka itu meninggalkan jalanya, lalu mengikut Dia. |
| Italian | Ed essi subito, lasciate le reti, lo seguirono. |
| Manx Gaelic | As chelleeragh daag ad nyn lieenteenyn, as deiyr ad er. |
| Maori | A mahue ake i a raua nga kupenga, a aru ana i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Og de forlot straks sine garn og fulgte ham. |
| Portuguese | Eles, pois, deixando imediatamente as redes, o seguiram. |
| Rumanian | Kndatq ei au lqsat mrejile, wi au mers dupq El. |
| Shuar | Tutai ni nekarin ikiukiar Niin nemariarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y de inmediato ellos dejaron sus redes y le siguieron. |
| Swahili | Mara wakaziacha nyavu zao, wakamfuata. ic |
| Swedish | Strax lämnade de näten och följde honom. |
| Uma | Karapalahii-nami jala' -ra, pai' ntepu'u eo toe mpotuku' Yesus-ramo. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CONTINUO": continuos, continuous, continuously, continuousness, continuousnesses. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CONTINUO": discontinuous, discontinuously, noncontinuous. (additional references) | |
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"CONTINUO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantando, Cantianum, Canticum, coninue, contangos, contenu, contigue, contin, contine, Contini, continou, continous, Continow, Continowd, continu, continum, continuom, continuos, Continuus, contique, Coutinho, cuntano, cuntinue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unction. | |
-2 letters: notion, nuncio. | |
-3 letters: conin, conto, count, cutin, niton, onion, ontic, tonic, tunic, union. | |
-4 letters: cion, coin, coni, conn, coon, coot, icon, into, noon, noun, onto, otic, toon, unci, unco, unit, unto. | |
-5 letters: con, coo, cot, cut, inn, ion, nit, noo, not, nun, nut, oot, out, tic, tin, ton, too, tui, tun. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-n-o-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: continuos, contusion. | |
+2 letters: cofunction, conduction, continuous, contouring, contusions, counterion. | |
+3 letters: cofunctions, comminution, compunction, conductions, confutation, conjugation, conjunction, conjuration, consecution, consumption, contentious, continuator, conurbation, convoluting, convolution, counterions, inoculation, nondiscount, outcounting, outscorning. | |
+4 letters: columniation, comminutions, compunctions, confutations, conjugations, conjunctions, conjurations, consecutions, constitution, construction, consultation, consummation, consumptions, conterminous, continuation, continuators, continuously, contribution, conurbations, convolutions, counterpoint, incorruption, inoculations, inosculation, introduction, nonautomatic, noncommunist, noncommunity, noncountries, noncustodial, noneducation, overcounting, recontouring, unconformity. | |
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