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Definition of Thorough bass
1. Noun. A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorough Bass
Literary usage of Thorough bass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"CHAPTER II THOROUGH-BASS A Species of Musical Shorthand—Simple Method by which
the Student may Either Read or Write Figured Bass— The Use of Lines in ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"... Musical Composition; Comprehending the Rules of thorough Bass, and the Theory
of Tuning.—By WM. CROTCH, Mua. Doc. Professor of Music in the University ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"CHAPTER XI THOROUGH-BASS A Species of Musical Shorthand—Simple Method by which
the Student may Either Read or Write Figured Bass— The Use of Lines in ..."
4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"In Italy, the figured bass has always been known as the basso continue, of which
term thorough-bass is properly regarded as a sufficiently correct ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music by John Sullivan Dwight (1878)
"This is one of the finest works on Thorough-Bass extant. ... This little work
contains all of Burrowes' Thorough-Bass, and Burrowes' Companion to the ..."
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