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What is a the basso continuo?
Basso Continuo, often shortened to just continuo can be the underlying structured music - used many times when, for instance, a Bach cantata is performed - the continuo part is usually played on an organ or other period instrument.
One or more instruments that accompanied a main melodic line in the Baroque era was known as?
Basso continuo
What instruments were used in the song called Canon Pachelbel in D major?
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo.
Which instruments would be most likely to play the basso continuo in a?
no
The Basso Continuo was performed by?
Basso Continuo consists of a keyboard improvising/filling in harmonies, often a harpsichord or cembalo or organ and a bass instrument, usually cello, but could also be a bassoon.
What is a the basso continuo?
Basso Continuo, often shortened to just continuo can be the underlying structured music - used many times when, for instance, a Bach cantata is performed - the continuo part is usually played on an organ or other period instrument.
One or more instruments that accompanied a main melodic line in the Baroque era was known as?
Basso continuo
What instruments were used in the song called Canon Pachelbel in D major?
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo.
What period was Basso continuo prominent in?
The Baroque period
Which instruments would be most likely to play the basso continuo in a?
no
The Basso Continuo was performed by?
Basso Continuo consists of a keyboard improvising/filling in harmonies, often a harpsichord or cembalo or organ and a bass instrument, usually cello, but could also be a bassoon.
What is basco continuo?
Basso continuo is a type of musical notation. It was very prevalent in the Baroque era which lasted from 1600-1750. Basso continuo is when chords, intervals, and non-chord tones are written above or below the bass line in a piece of music.
Speechlike melody accompanied only by basso continuo is called?
Recitative.
What is basso continuo?
Basso continuo refers to the accompaniment provided by other instruments in Baroque music. Basso continuo accompanied the melodic line, and was usually played by a keyboard, whether harpsichord or, later, pianoforte; sometimes the cello provided the accompaniment.It was notated as just the bottom line, with the musician expected to fill in the harmony as indicated by the composer in numbers for the chords. Hence, the alternative name for basso continue was "figured bass".Usually the organ or harpsichord part that plays with other instruments for a Cantata.Instrument/s that accompanied the melodic line in Baroque music
What were the two instruments played the basso continuo part?
The basso continuo is the "underpinning" of a piece. The cello would have played the lowest voice line. A harpsichord or another keyboard instrument would have added chord figures along with the bass line to support the other music being played along with it.
Does a concerto grosso have a basso continuo?
Not usually, although on rare ocasions they may, it is not likely:P
Was there an organ in Pachelbel's canon?
No. His famous Canon in D was written for three violins and basso continuo.
