[Smt-talk] Figured bass query - Bach/Schemelli no. 5.

[Morwaread Farbood]

Dear list,

For those of you who might find it useful, this is the handout Paul 
mentioned:

http://www.nyu.edu/projects/farbood/baroque/docs/Figures-continuo.pdf

The primary source for this handout is Arnold's Art of Accompaniment 
from a Thorough-Bass. Note that the comments are by no means exhaustive.

all best,
Mary Farbood

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Morwaread M. Farbood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
NYU Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL)
Dept. of Music and Performing Arts Professions
New York University
Ph: +1 212.992.7680

On 11/11/11 5:38 PM, Paul Lombardi wrote:
> The slash to raise the pitch by a semitone typically goes through
> whatever sticks out of the numeral, such as a vertical slash through the
> right end of the horizontal bar on 4, or in this case, through the arm
> on the 6. In the score you attached, the F should be sharped.
>
> Although, the direction of the slash (i.e., upper-left to lower-right,
> and lower-left to upper-right) was sometimes used to indicate whether to
> raise or lower the pitch. Mary Farbood made a helpful handout that lists
> all known figured-bass alterations.
>
> Best,
>
> Paul Lombardi, Ph.D.
> Lecturer III
> Department of Music
> University of New Mexico
>
> On 11/11/2011 3:16 AM, יוסי גולדנברג Yosef Goldenberg wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I wish to find out whether the attached realization is correct. The 5
>> and 6 numbers are signed with diagonal lines in opposite directions. I
>> received conflicting comments, endorsing e-f, e-f sharp or e flat – f
>> sharp. Do the opposite directions imply opposite chromatic inflections,
>> or do both represent sharpenings?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Yossi Goldenberg
>>
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>>
>>
>>
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