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two,three instruments playing a bass line.
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It makes for a very heavy, very powerful bass line,
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and this is something that is typical of Baroque music.
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So a recitative will be--and indeed all the arias
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will be accompanied by basso continuo.
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The choral stuff will be accompanied by basso continuo.
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Continuo--it's just always going,
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so it's a strong bass that's always going.
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It's different from the basso ostinato
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because what happens in a basso ostinato?
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Yong.
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It keeps repeating over and over and over again