con‧tin‧u‧o /kənˈtɪnju-əʊ $ -oʊ/
noun (
plural continuos)
[countable] technical[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Italian;
Origin: continuo 'continuous', from Latin continuus; ⇒ continuous]
a musical part consisting of a line of low notes with figures showing the higher notes that are played with them
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