Suggested Learning Resources

1) YFIO

2) Video Lesson: Figured Bass InMusicTheory http://youtu.be/qWK91WBC3Ww


(This video mentions some items that we will learn later... example, the cadential 6/4)

3) Online Reading: Figured Bass thinkingmusic.ca http://www.thinkingmusic.ca/thinkingharmony/figuredbass/


4) Interactive Lesson: 


Music Theory QuickThink: 

-          Figured bass notation involves one line of music (the bass voice) as well as numbers and symbols (figures) beneath those pitches.

-          Realizing a figured bass means ‘filling in’ the other voices either by playing them, or notating them.

-          While the figured bass tells us what notes to use, the placement of those pitches (in terms of voicing) can have multiple solutions.

-          If there are no symbols below the bass note, we assume a root position triad with the shown note as the root

-          If there is a sharp, flat, or natural sign below the note with no other numbers, we assume root position triad, and the accidental shown is applied to the 3rd above the bass note

-          6 indicates first inversion triad, with the shown note being the 3rd

-          6/4 indicates second inversion triad, with the shown note being the 5th

-          7 indicates a root position 7th chord, with the shown note being the root

-          6/5 indicates first inversion 7th chord, with the shown note being the 3rd

-          4/3 indicates a second inversion 7th chord, with the shown note being the 5th

-          4/2 indicates a third inversion 7th chord, with the shown note being the 7th

-          If there is a slash through a number, it indicates to raise the pitch by one chromatic half step that is that interval above the shown bass.  

Objective 18.1: Examples in Music: YouTube

https://youtu.be/7w_PwtPJ3xc

Objective 18.1: Correctly realize (notate) figured bass given the bass note, key, and figures