fondamento
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.
Example Sentences
- "That view up the fondamento is at all times one of the loveliest aspects of the lovely little island town, but in the month of May a strange enchantment is added."
- "She met Jessica in the piazza, or at the fondamento near the Canale Grande and the Canale di Cannaregio, or in the Church of San Marco by the statue of the Magdalen."
- "The girls walked single file along a narrow fondamento until they turned onto a borader walkway along a bigger canal."
- "John Frederick Peter, born in 1746, left behind him an ambitious work, dated 1763, entitled Partitur einer Freuden Music zum Friedens Dank Feste, scored for four-part chorus and strings, two flutes, two trumpets and fondamento.""
- "In the same collection there appeared a quatuor with four melodic instruments: flute, oboe, violin, and cello, besides the fondamento or figured bass."
- "Further, it is clear from the score that the "fifth horn in B-flat basso" is in reality only a fondamento part performed by the basso continuo in imitation of and to support the upper lines;"
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). By surface analysis, fond (“background”) + Italian -amento. Doublet of fundament.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fondamento