ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fondamento

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fondamento is a noun meaning A quay along an Italian waterway.

Meaning

A quay along an Italian waterway.

More Meanings

  1. (music) An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.

Example Sentences

The Fondamento really is very basic, though the detailed fingerings are of interest.
The girls walked single file along a narrow fondamento until they turned onto a borader walkway along a bigger canal.
In the same collection there appeared a quatuor with four melodic instruments: flute, oboe, violin, and cello, besides the fondamento or figured bass.
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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quayside, quay, wharf, quayage, wharfage, waterfront.

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