In music with figures, which is the minority, you see sketches for meoldies. One ofthe most famous is the beginning of the largo of the Xmas concerto of Corelli, and indeed in Corelli there are figures which shape a line which is not in the parts. You see it in Bach concertos and continuo sonatas as well.
At 01:41 AM 10/9/2010, you wrote: > How did Baroque composers indicate lines mixed with continuo? > > There must have been many instances where all was going along > swimmingly with just a bass line and figures, but then the composer > would want a certain figure or line played by the continuo instrument. > Is this common? I don't do much continuo so I haven't seen all that > much. > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > [1]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > [2]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > 2. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
