9 8 figured bass

1. What is a 9 8 suspension?
2. What does a 9 mean in figured bass?
3. What does an 8 mean in figured bass?
4. What is a 9 8 chord?

What is a 9 8 suspension?

Filters. (music) A suspension that has a suspended note a ninth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that has the same pitch class as the bass note.

What does a 9 mean in figured bass?

However, in figured bass only the typical triad is implied unless otherwise noted so just putting the 9 would make the harmony add9 instead of dominant 9. So yes it is telling you along with the typical triad built from the scale and there is also a 7th and 9th in the harmony.

What does an 8 mean in figured bass?

The 8 is just an octave above the bass note. If you see “8”, that means you play the triad with the root doubled somewhere. In this case, G-B-D-G (or G-G-B-D, or G-D-G-B, etc.). The 7 makes the chord into a seventh chord.

What is a 9 8 chord?

(music) a suspension that consists of the ninth chord tone that resolves to the eighth (or the one).