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figured bass question
I have learned figured bass only using well-organized reduced excerpt.
Above picture shows a real excerpt with figured bass.
Does '8' respond to the red circled 'Eb', and
'7' to the 'Db'?
What makes ...
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Can there be a chord with two inversions represented by the same figure?
When figures are used to describe chords, they represent the intervals above the lowest pitch, and these seem to be treated as unique. For example, basic triads come in 5-3, 6-3, and 6-4 forms; and ...
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Goldberg variations - chord progression changes between variations
The Wikipedia article on the Goldberg variations sets out the chord progression which all variations follow. In some bars, different options are separated by commas and it says there are different ...
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Did continuo players consider figured bass as "interval symbols" or "chord symbols"?
The "modern" idea of chords and their inversions being functionally equivalent is generally credited to Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1722 Treatise on Harmony. However, figured bass was already in ...
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Confused on marking figured bass for modulating sequence
I started writing down the figured bass of an anime theme, and for a particular passage, I am confused on how to accurately write the figured bass progression. I have recreated the bare progressions ...
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Figured bass 52?
This is from the ABRSM Grade 8 figured basses.
What does the 5/2 mean? I have not come across this before.
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Abbreviations for dominant seventh chords
I'm reading about dominant seventh chords and this is a summary of the notation that my book has introduced:
After a few moments' thought, I can deduce the convention for denoting the different ...
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What chord does the following figured bass represent in this progression?
I am working through a figured bass exercise in the "Ninth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Chords" chapter of Piston's Harmony.
The first bar of the figured bass is given as:
What is the chord represented ...
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