On Oct 29, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Howard Posner wrote: >> Under the bass notes are lots of indications for >> dominant 7th and 9th chords > > probably not all dominants, to be nitpicky...
Minor seventh chords? I thought they would have been rarely used back then. I was assuming that a chord with a seventh added should take a major third. > I think the level of figuration reflects an attitude by the composer, > original publisher, or editor about how much information is useful. So any time we see a figured bass, we are looking a part that could have been written by the composer, the publisher, the editor, or maybe even the last person to have used that sheet music? I have one more question: where do I have to go to find editions of sonatas, arias, canzone etc. that contain figured bass parts, and not some ridiculous piano or (worse yet) guitar accompaniment part? David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
