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The basso continuo was important to the Baroque era because it accompanied the melody line while filling in the harmony.

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It accompanied the melody line while filling in the harmony

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It was important in terms of developing harmonic techniques

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12y ago
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In the...? As a guess, I'd say it's because it provides the bass for any chord, and even if that's all that's provided, it makes improvisation easy...

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It accompanied the melody line while filling in the harmony.

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