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thoroughbass

technique of improvisation and accompaniment, common in Baroque music
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thoroughbass

Summary

thoroughbass is a music performance technique[1]. thoroughbass ranks in the top 8% of music_performance_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (778 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • thoroughbass's instance of is recorded as music performance technique[3].
  • thoroughbass is a type of accompaniment[4].
  • thoroughbass's instrumentation is recorded as harpsichord[5].
  • thoroughbass's notation is recorded as figured bass[6].
  • thoroughbass's facet of is recorded as Baroque music[7].
  • thoroughbass's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[8].
  • thoroughbass's different from is recorded as figured bass[9].
  • thoroughbass's different from is recorded as continuo group[10].
  • thoroughbass's has part is recorded as bassline[11].
  • thoroughbass's has part is recorded as chord[12].
  • thoroughbass's has part is recorded as arpeggio[13].

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Definition and Type

thoroughbass's instance of is recorded as music performance technique[3]. thoroughbass is a type of accompaniment[4].

Why It Matters

thoroughbass ranks in the top 8% of music_performance_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (778 views/month).[2] thoroughbass has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] thoroughbass is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Baroque music
    Has part(s) of the class → bassline, chord, arpeggio
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → accompaniment
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9312, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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