continuo
- n a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
- Just as Bach's music eschews the crudely onomatopoeic (suggesting a cock's crow, for example, by a broken chord in the continuo) so Warner's direction concerns itself with the .
- A late 17th century opera, complete with basso continuo, cupids, and Venus' own recipe for happy love: I seldom vex a lover's ears With business or with jealous fears.
- The accepted practice is to accompany the singer with a small ensemble called the continuo, which usually consists of a harpsichord and low strings.