eam) kOe oncom SEO iia euler em acy ais A Historical Guide to the Basics ree rarer ee BEE woCONTENTS Introduction (Chapter I- French Figared Bass form Roughly 1650 0 1720 Excerpts fom Michel de St Lambert: Nose Tri de Accmparnoment di Clan (1707) Excerpts from Jean-Frangois Dandriew: Pipes de Aasmpagnemen! Clase (1719) 1. The Triad or Base Chord ~ Practicing the Basie Chords 2. The Simple Sic Three Chord (Sith Chord), or First Inversion Triad - Practicing the Sample Sth Chord 5. The Pott Acord:6 with $ and 4 (the Four Theee Chord) ~ Practicing the Pate Sse 44 The Diminished-Fith Chord ~ Fraticing the Diminished ith Chord 5. The Sith Chord wth Permisble Doubling - ractiong the Sith Chord wide Peraisible Deublings °. The Si-Five Chord (Perfect Fith with Added Sixth) ~Pracing the Ss-Fve Chord 7. The Five Four Suspension Chord ~ Praccing the Fourth Chord ‘5. The Augmented Fourth or Tritone ~ Practicing the Chord with the Tritone 8 X F 2 The Second Chord ~ racing the Seaond Chord 10. The Seventh Chord ~ Practicing the Seventh Chord 1, The Suspended Ninth - Practicing the Ninth Chord ‘The Fourth a 2 Consonance, or the SicFour Chord ~ Practicing the Chord with the Consonant Fourth 13, The Nine Seven Suspension - Practicing the Nine Seven Chord 114 The Augmented-Fith Chord ~ Practicing te Auigments-Fith Chord 15. The Diminshed-Seventh Chord ~Pracheng the Chord with the Diminished Fifth and the Added Major Sixth 16. Some Basic Remarks on Realizing French Basso Continuo 1, Selected French Compositions a: ractal Examples of Thoroughbass Realization ‘Chapter ~ German Figured Bess fom Roughly 1710101735 Ecepl rm Jann David Hsnichen: Der ene Bas nr Composition (Dresden, 1728) an (Georg PlippTelemuane Sige, Spi nd Gon. Basle Hamburg 1733-4) The Base Chord “The Sith Chord and the {Chord “The Second Chord with he gure 2 “The Suspended Fouth The Soc Chord The Seventh Chord The Suspend Noth Unusual Disonane induling Augie nies 9: Another Way of nerpreting 7 o 9 Passing Noles) 10. Unacmned al Accented Passing Noes 11. When Should Chords Be Repeated? 1A General Example fom Herchen 3s 5 es 1 73 %013 Some Basie Remarks on German Figured Bass 14, Twelve Aria from Telemann’ Sine Spi und Gonads 1. Scleced German Compositions ax Practical Examples of Figure Bass Realzation ‘Chapter I~ Other Essential Aspects of Figured Bass Playing 1. Thee and Ful: Voiced Realzatios, Retatves, and Ornaments 2 Playing Figured Bassin Rectatves 5. Ornaments (Aarne) in French Basso Continua 44 Omaments in German Basso Continuo Postface Sources and References