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bajo continuo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • continuum noun A continuous range or scale in which nearby points are barely different, but the far ends are very different from each other.

Senses

bajo continuo is used for these senses in English:

  • basso continuo (music) The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc.
  • continuum (musical instruments) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are 1⁄100 of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

continuum — full definition

  1. noun A continuous range or scale in which nearby points are barely different, but the far ends are very different from each other.
  2. noun In mathematics, the set of all real numbers, or any similarly unbroken space.

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