Basso Continuo consists of a keyboard improvising/filling in harmonies, often a harpsichord or cembalo or organ and a bass instrument, usually cello, but could also be a bassoon.
Basso continuo refers to the accompaniment provided by other instruments in Baroque music. Basso continuo accompanied the melodic line, and was usually played by a keyboard, whether harpsichord or,...
Basso continuo is the art of creating an accompaniment from a given bass part. Alberti bass is one form of accompaniment, namely an arpeggio figure that imitates a certain style of guitar plucking....