. A system of harmony : founded on key relationship, by means of which a thorough knowledge of the rules that govern the combinations and successions of sounds may be easily acquired with or without a teacher . 64 3 -&- indicates -?zr 1 I 9 8 765 $ 3 b Sr indicates -&- 1ST ^X ?m i= 11 Various attempts have been made to improve on this system offigured bass by the use of additional signs, but the increase in thenumber of signs only increases the complexity. One plan largely adopted, is to indicate the degree of the scale that is the root of the chord by means of Roman numerals under the chords.
. A system of harmony : founded on key relationship, by means of which a thorough knowledge of the rules that govern the combinations and successions of sounds may be easily acquired with or without a teacher . 64 3 -&- indicates -?zr 1 I 9 8 765 $ 3 b Sr indicates -&- 1ST ^X ?m i= 11 Various attempts have been made to improve on this system offigured bass by the use of additional signs, but the increase in thenumber of signs only increases the complexity. One plan largely adopted, is to indicate the degree of the scale that is the root of the chord by means of Roman numerals under the chords. Thus, 3 signifies that the chord is an inversion of the chord whoseV root is the fifth of the scale. Another plan that has never become general uses the letters of thealphabet to indicate the member of the chord that is used as a bass;thus, A signifies that the root is at the bass. B signifies that the third is at the bass. C signifies that the fifth is at the bass. D signifies that the seventh is at the bass. E signifies that the ninth is at the bass. F signifies that the eleventh is at the bass. G signifies that the thirteenth is at the bass. 152 A B - C D 7 6 4 4 5 3 2 E F G 4 t>4 5 #2 2 3 Enough has been written to give the student a thorough under-standing of the meaning of Figured Bass. Should any one wish topursue the subject farther there are innumerable text-books based onthis system that may be consulted. That good musicians may be trained by this system countless num-bers attest. We only claim for the system set forth here, that itreaches the same results by a shorter and pleasanter route. Date Due All library items are subject to recall at any time. jam ? .3 2013 Brigham Young University BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 3 1197 20649 8740
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