Re: Wording concerning figured bass in NR

[Trevor Daniels]

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