[U] (music) a musical part played to ACCOMPANY (= support) another instrument, in which a line of low notes is shown with figures to represent the higher notes to be played above them:
a trio for two violins and continuo
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, continuo is tagged as noun.
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