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DR. ALICE CHUAQUI BALDWIN

BASSO CONTINUO FIGURES

AND THEIR MOST COMMON REALIZATIONS
NOTE: # AND ! SIMPLY INDICATE ALTERATION BY A SEMITONE AND NOT NECESSARILY AN ACTUAL SHARP OR FLAT.

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no chord)

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5e 5r 6r 6rs 7rs
or or or or or or or

N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S
4w ^4 or 40 or ¢ or 4^w 4e 5
5rs 6rs 6Yrs 6rd 5e
or

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DR. ALICE CHUAQUI BALDWIN

BASSO CONTINUO FIGURES

AND THEIR MOST COMMON REALIZATIONS
NOTE: # AND ! SIMPLY INDICATE ALTERATION BY A SEMITONE AND NOT NECESSARILY AN ACTUAL SHARP OR FLAT.

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N O F I G U R E S ch les N O F I G U R E S
^5 or ∞ 50 6 mu
mon
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com

5^e 6tRd 6e^ 6rd^

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^e6 or 6^rd or 6rd 7e or
7rs
or

N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S N O F I G U R E S
8 9 9$ – TS
unless part of a
9td 9ugc 9$uRgc hold over "tasto solo"
$9td
resolution, such as 9–8,
than generally just an or or pitches
between
=
play only the
open octave above bass chords bass line

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