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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
continuo
noun
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▪ Schreier sets a brisk but effective tempo here and the horn and bassoons with continuo are first-rate.
▪ The best of the three is Arion, composed for soprano, flute and continuo.
▪ Wind players are listed separately from string players, while those who play continuo instruments and accompany singers form yet another unit.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Continuo

Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\ (? or ?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Wiktionary
continuo

n. (context music English) The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work

WordNet
continuo

n. a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: figured bass, basso continuo, thorough bass]

Wikipedia
Continuo (game)

Continuo is an abstract strategy game by Maureen Hiron first published in 1982. It is played by arranging patterns printed on a deck of 42 cards, each card being printed with a grid of 16 colored squares. The goal is to place cards so that the tiles match as many chains of color as possible. Continuo won a 1995 Mensa Select games award. The tag line on the box is "The one rule game for all the family".

Versions of the game have also been published in which the same basic rule is used, but the tiles are triangular or rhombic rather than square and the hexagonal domino type game hexago was also marketed under the continuo name. Continuo was endorsed by Omar Sharif.

There has been a Continuo tournament at the Mind Sports Olympiad since 1997, to determine the world champion.

Continuo

Continuo may refer to:

  • Basso continuo, a harmonic structure in Baroque music. Also, the group of instruments that plays the basso continuo part.
  • Continuo (album), a 2006 album by Avishai Cohen
  • Continuo (game), an abstract strategy game
Continuo (album)

Continuo is a studio album by jazz bassist Avishai Cohen, released in May 2006.

Usage examples of "continuo".

In grembo aveva una bisaccia che adocchiava di continuo, come per assicurarsi che fosse sempre lì.

Le azioni e i pensieri della dragonessa rivelavano di continuo nuovi aspetti del suo carattere.

Eragon lo interrompeva di continuo per fare domande, e Brom sembrava lieto di rispondere.

Se continuo a subire queste perdite, non ci sarà più abbastanza denaro da consentirle la vita cui è abituata.

Nessuna Osservazione, per quanto meticolosa, poteva essere valida per molto tempo, senza un continuo riesame dei dati per­tinenti.

La mente cambiava come la materia e solo gli Eterni potevano starsene fuori da questo continuo dive­nire, e osservare il Mutamento.

Era stato forse il continuo, esasperante ritorno sui mondi spenti e morti del sistema solare, la comprensione di non potere andare oltre e più lontano, a creare le tensioni, gli squilibri, le violenze?

Llevaban una vida de bárbaros, se enfrentaban a continuos peligros, combatien­do con enemigos tanto humanos como bestiales.

Cuando salió, la guerra era un hecho y floreció en continuos tiroteos hasta el diecinueve de agosto del novecientos tres.

The only sound in the file was the continuos rumble of traffic, muted and low, as though the camera were closer to the roadway than the events being viewed.

Reassured that he did not seem seriously hurt, she had just opened her mouth to demand answers when Quan Li sprang with terrifying speed to one side, grabbed Emily, then jerked the girl close to her body in a single, continuos movement as lithe and deadly as a snake strike.