Figured bass calculator

1. How do you calculate figured bass?
2. What is a 6 figured bass?
3. What does a 6'4 mean in figured bass?
4. What does a 4 2 MEAN IN figured bass?

How do you calculate figured bass?

How to Read and Write Figured Bass

1. If the bass note is the root of a Seventh chord, then there is a “7” written below it.
2. If the bass note is the 3rd of a Seventh chord, then there is a “6 5” written below it.
3. If the bass note is the 5th of a Seventh chord, then there is a “4 3” written below it.

What is a 6 figured bass?

The figured bass is therefore written: . . . which means this: ... Therefore, a bass note with a “6” beneath it automatically means that that bass note represents the third of a chord, and that there will be two notes — one at an interval of a 3rd, and one at an interval of a 6th — above it.

What does a 6'4 mean in figured bass?

The figured bass numbers should be interpreted like this: ⁶₄ means that the D is the fifth of the chord (so the first half note is a G chord), and the ⁵₃ tells you that the D is now the root of the chord (so the second half note is a D chord.)

What does a 4 2 MEAN IN figured bass?

Chords of the sixth that take the figure 6/4/2 (or its abbreviation 4/2 or simply 2) are third-inversion chords. Their root is a second, or a step, above the bass. The most common 4/2 chord has fa in the bass, and sol is its root, making its Roman numeral V.