Go Figure! Part 2 - Bass Figures, Four-Part Writing (Harmony_I.08)

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We recently introduced numbering of the starting bass note of a chord progression, using both Roman numerals and Arabic figures. To illustrate how this works in practice, we now dissect an example. This one comes from Professor Salomon Jadassohn's theory textbook, Elementary Principles of Harmony, published in 1895. A reference to this book is listed in the Description box. ...

LINKS AND REFERENCES
DTUBE: Go Figure! – Roman/Arabic Numerals, Close vs. Open Chords (Harmony I.07):
https://steemit.com/music/@monadnock/4xi6129v

Jadassohn, Dr. Salomon. Elementary Principles of Harmony for School and Self-Instruction. Breitkopf and Hartel, 1895. A Public Domain work.

Internet Archive Link – must copy and paste – for download of same:
https://archive.org/details/elementaryprinc00goog

Harmony in Music Playlist:

Fundamentals of Music Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9RYCj11MSxs91JeTfDvKtilJnOWw6JP

Elements of Music Notation Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9RYCj11MSycDV5jr07-Sl60ymZyadET

Piano Beginnings Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9RYCj11MSxPncb7aKgf90hnckKuiEhb

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