'Figured bass' definitions:
Definition of 'figured bass'
From: WordNet
noun
A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]
Definition of 'Figured bass'
From: GCIDE
- Figured \Fig"ured\, a.
- 1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3. (b) Indicated or noted by figures. [1913 Webster]
- Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued. [1913 Webster]