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Figured bass: Transitus irregularis slash #279

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lfm83 opened this issue Aug 17, 2023 · 0 comments
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Figured bass: Transitus irregularis slash #279

lfm83 opened this issue Aug 17, 2023 · 0 comments
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lfm83 commented Aug 17, 2023

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ("Versuch" vol. II 1762, Ch. 1, § 76) demonstrates several glyphs to designate bass figures given relative to the right-neighbouring bass note, useful for accented passing notes in the bass:

grafik

He declares the slash (variant 2) to be the best. This symbol is also being employed by Emanuel Aloys Förster ("Anleitung zum General-Bass" 1804, "Practische Beyspiele" ~1820) with the same meaning:

grafik

grafik

(Note the differing spacing/positioning conventions in Förster's two examples.)

Would it be sensible/possible/desirable to add

  • the slash symbol,
  • Bach's other variants (the "zero", the "half zero" and the "m" which looks like a trill)

to the standard? As far as I can see, they are not included at the moment.

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