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Thorough bass   /θˈəroʊ bæs/   Listen
noun
Bass  n.  
1.
A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
2.
(Mus.)
(a)
The lowest part in a musical composition.
(b)
One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. (Written also base)
Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.


Thorough bass  n.  (Mus.) The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.





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"Thorough bass" Quotes from Famous Books



... be made to understand (yet have I taken some pains) what a note in music is; or how one note should differ from another. Much less in voices can I distinguish a soprano from a tenor. Only sometimes the thorough bass I contrive to guess at, from its being supereminently harsh and disagreeable. I tremble, however, for my misapplication of the simplest terms of that which I disclaim. While I profess my ignorance, I scarce know what to say I ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb
... at the close of the sixteenth century we are suddenly confronted with the knowledge that all the details of polyphony so studiously cultivated by the northern schools have in Italy suddenly been packed away in a thorough bass supporting one voice which is permitted to proclaim itself in ...
— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera • William James Henderson
... they are amazed and put their heads together because they never found it in any book on thorough bass." ...
— Beethoven: the Man and the Artist - As Revealed in his own Words • Ludwig van Beethoven
... housekeeping her main interest, and music only her recreation, yet they had not denied her musical genius a complete education. Fanny was not only taught to play the piano in her childhood, in company with Felix, but she was also allowed to receive lessons in thorough bass and the theory of composition. She was thus rendered capable of the expression of her musical talents; and in between her household duties, after, as well as before she became a wife and mother, she often ...
— Among the Great Masters of Music - Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians • Walter Rowlands


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