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Webster 1913 Edition


Basso

‖

Bas′so

,
Noun.
[It., fr. LL.
bassus
. See
Base
,
Adj.
]
(Mus.)
(a)
The bass or lowest part;
as, to sing
basso
.
(b)
One who sings the lowest part.
(c)
The double bass, or
contrabasso
.
‖Basso continuo
.
[It., bass continued.]
(Mus.)
A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.