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Isn’t the root progression or chord progression of a song meant to anchor in a foundation for rest of the instruments to experiment over?
What I mean is, isn’t the idea of creating and using a root progression or chord progression for it to be the foundation for a composition. With pop music (rap, r&b, latin, pop rock, country) the ...
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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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Stuck with figured bass notation for inverted 7th chord
My apologies for the "name this chord" question, but i'm stuck trying to identify this harmony.
The figured bass notation indicates to me that the bass note should be the seventh of a 7 ...
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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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What does a 7 - 6 mean in figured bass?
Here in this voice leading exercise I am doing I have 73 going to 63 in the figured bass but I am not sure what this means for the voice leading. I understand the 7-6 means that the 7th above the ...
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How can I distinguish between a full 7th chord and a 7th chord without a 5th in figured bass?
The standard figured bass is usually just a 7 for a 7th chord in root position, right? If this is correct, the 5th and 3rd are assumed. But what about if the 7th chord should omit the 5th and double ...
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Is a figured bass symbol supposed to show a raised 6th scale degree?
I am harmonizing this figured bass
Please look at the E note where the blue arrow is pointing. I have raised this note because otherwise there would be an aug 2nd leap to the F#. Can someone please ...
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5/7b in figured bass
What does 5/7b mean in figured bass?
If it is just a 7th chord in root position, then why is it not just 7b?
In other places in the same score, 7 or 7b are used to denote a 7th chord.
Here is the ...
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Figured bass and ties
How does one play figured bass when the bass line contains ties?
For example, here are the first three measures of Vivaldi's "Filiae maestae Jerusalem" (sheet music source).
Do I understand ...
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Meaning of numbers under bass line in BWV 51 mvt.3 (maybe chords?)
Natalie Dessay performs Bach's very beautiful Aria "Höchster, mache deine Güte" (A minor) in these two videos
(only the sound and the score)
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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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What is the basso continuo numbering of the inversions of a dominant seventh chord?
Consider for instance the following chord (C7) :
C E G Bb
E G Bb C
G Bb C E
Bb C E G
How can I number these inversions? I remember it was something with a '+'.
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7th chord notation confusion
I simply cannot understand the notation used in this question:
I need to express this chord in 4-part, open or close position; I just can't seem to understand how the notation works. I know that this ...
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