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What is a continuo?

What is a continuo? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work
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His generally lush and highly coloured realisations of the instrumental continuo adds further dramatic weight.
The organ part in theses works ranges from simple continuo playing to virtuoso solo tasks.
Curiously, Holloway uses both harpsichord and organ as basso continuo instruments.
In both the concertos and cantatas, the continuo consists of harpsichord, cello, and theorbo.
Indeed, the Sonata in G essentially transcribes an earlier work for two flutes and continuo.
He uses the lute or deeper sounding theorbo in a continuo role on other tracks.

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