figured bass

Noun

 * 1)  A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Bezifferung
 * Irish: dord figiúrtha
 * Italian: basso cifrato, basso numerato
 * Portuguese: baixo cifrado
 * Spanish: bajo cifrado