Alberti bass: Meaning and Definition of

Al•ber•ti bass

Pronunciation: (al-bûr'tē bās', äl-ber'-), [key]
— Music. Music.
  1. a reiterated broken-chord figure used as an accompaniment, esp. in 18th-century rococo keyboard music.
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