Re: Wording concerning figured bass in NR

[Trevor Daniels]

Phil Holmes wrote Monday, January 21, 2013 4:16 PM

> From: "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden>
>>
>> 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.
> 
> 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.

OK, I agree then.

Trevor