Re: Wording concerning figured bass in NR

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden>
To: "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>; "Devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Wording concerning figured bass in NR


> Phil Holmes wrote Monday, January 21, 2013 3:23 PM
>
>
> > In the middle of the section of the NR concerning ancient music, there is
> > this:
> >
> > Figured bass support
> > There is limited support for figured bass notation from the Baroque 
> > period;
> > see Section 2.7.3
> > [Figured bass], page 393.
> >
> > I would have thought the current level of support is fair to good, so 
> > can't
> > see why it's described as limited.  I'm also somewhat unsure why Figured
> > bass is referred to in the section on Ancient music, when it's got a 
> > section
> > all to itself.  Should I delete it?
>
> I'd prefer to see just the word "limited" deleted so the cross-reference 
> from
> Ancient to Chord notation is retained, but I don't feel strongly about it.
>
> Trevor


I considered that, but figured bass is really a baroque notation, from 
1600-odd to 1750 ish; ancient is medieval and renaissance: a different 
period.

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Phil Holmes