figured bass

It is the first work to be published with a figured bass.

There were 67 poems, some of which had simple melodies and a figured bass.

In traditional notation it would be written using figured bass symbols.

Sometimes the figured bass number changes but the bass note itself does not.

The recording has a figured bass realization, and both repeats in the first movement are taken.

This is why it is called figured bass or sometimes thoroughbass.

Reading music from a figured bass was a skill that all keyboard and piano players were expected to have.

The chord names are given, followed where necessary by the inversion in figured bass.

In modern editions of old music the figured bass part has normally been realized (written out) by the editor.

Basso continuo or figured bass, a kind of musical notation.

The second part of the Musical Guide describes how variation may be introduced in figured bass.

Figured bass was, at this time, in decline and Corri invented a new system of accompaniments.

The work is scored for solo soprano and keyboard (with figured bass markings).

He harmonized the figured bass both in the solo music (based on the Leipzig full score) and elsewhere.

In 1948 he published a book on basso continuo and figured bass musical notation.

Opus 4 - 12 sonatas for violin and figured bass (1726 Paris)

Figured bass is closely associated with basso continuo accompaniment.

See figured bass for alternate method of notating specific notes in the bass.

It's almost like figured bass.

In the first part, Niedt discusses the basics of figured bass, and gives the following definition:

Improvised accompaniment over a figured bass was a common practice during the Baroque era, and to some extent the following periods.

There are also some technical exercises, a table of intervals, and some modulating figured basses.

Particularly important was the publication of a portion of his figured bass exercises, which were used by teachers for decades after his death.

Any organist can attest to that, as can anyone who has ever studied figured bass and keyboard harmony.

Contemporary Figured Bass as taught at university level, may be summarized as follows, for memorization.