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thoroughbass Mus.|ˈθʌrəbeɪs|
[f. thorough prep. or adv. + bass n.5; cf. basso continuo.]
A bass part extending through a piece of music, and written by itself, with figures indicating the chords or harmonies to be played with it; a figured bass, basso continuo; esp. (formerly) an accompaniment thus written or played; hence loosely, an accompaniment in general (also fig.). Also, the method of indicating harmonies by a figured bass, or the art of playing from it; loosely, the science of harmony in general.
1662Palyford Skill Mus. i. ii. (1674) 36 The Figures usually placed over Notes in the Thorough-Bass of Songs or Ayres. 1685Evelyn Mem. 10 Mar., She had an excellent voice, to which she play'd a thorough bass on the harpsichord. 1731Keller in Holder's Harmony 159 Rules for Playing a Thorow-bass. 1778H. Walpole Let. to H.S. Conway 8 July, Tumults would be a dreadful thorough bass to speeches. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 258 He..wrote a treatise on thorough bass. 1875Stedman Vict. Poets i. 3 Full-throated, happy minstrels, like Béranger or Burns, need no knowledge of thorough-bass and the historical range of composition.
¶b. erron. A loud or deep bass.
1749Fielding Tom Jones v. ix, He found..his nurse snoring..at the bed's feet. He immediately took the only method of silencing this thorough bass, whose music he feared might disturb Mr. Allworthy. 1835W. Irving Crayon Misc. (1849) 30 He..had..a whiffling double voice, shifting abruptly from a treble to a thorough-bass. |
