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DUO

Volume 7 · 61 words · 1815 Edition

in Music, a song or composition, to be performed on two parts only; one sung, the other played on an instrument, or by two voices.

DUO is also when two voices sing different parts, as accompanied with a third, which is a thorough bass. It is seldom that unisons and octaves are used in duos, except at the beginning and end.