thorough bass

1. 1.

   a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

   Synonymsfigured bassbasso continuocontinuo

   Broaderbass

Questions about thorough bass

What does thorough bass mean?

thorough bass means "a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played".

What is another word for thorough bass?

Close synonyms include figured bass, basso continuo, continuo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.