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Figured bass question When to use

Figured bass question When to use
  1. What is figured bass used for?
  2. What does it mean when there is a 7 in the figured bass?
  3. How do you write figured bass?
  4. What does it mean to realize the figured bass?

What is figured bass used for?

For music analysts today, figured bass is useful in two ways: for indicating chord inversions and. for representing intervals and melodic motion above a bass line.

What does it mean when there is a 7 in the figured bass?

A seventh chord in root position would be 7/5/3 if completely figured. In practice this is abbreviated to just "7." A seventh chord in first inversion would be 6/5/3, and is abbreviated to 6/5. A seventh chord in second inversion would be 6/4/3, and is abbreviated to 4/3.

How do you write figured bass?

Figured bass is written underneath the bass line. (Sometimes a bass line with figures is called a "continuo".) The numbers in figured bass tell you what chord to build up from the bass note, and in which inversion.

What does it mean to realize the figured bass?

"Realizing" a figured bass means "making it real" or, filling out the four-part harmony by adding a tenor, alto and soprano part.

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