Found 2 items, similar to Figured bass.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: figured bass figured bass n : a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Figured bass 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]