<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Brian Hoffman wrote:<div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">"The past several years I have attempted to make classroom activities and assignments as practical as possible for future performers, educators, and ensemble directors. As a result, I find myself spending less and less time on realizing a figured bass."</span></div><div><br></div><div>Figured bass realizations, with few exceptions, are of little value except to historians (including historians of theory). Skills that are more widely practiced today are harmonization of a melody and realization/improvisation on a chord progression. I've never been asked by an employer to realize a figured bass as a composer, arranger, or performer. </div><div><br></div><div>If we are considering updating the theory curriculum, it's items like this that require review.</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Darryl White<br>University of Arizona<br>School of Music<br></div>
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