Hi Jacques,
Am 15.06.21 um 16:20 schrieb Jacques Menu:
What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’, if that applies, to
denote several occurrences of the figures in a score, the same way has
there can be several harmonies? Maybe ‘figured bass figures’?
In the example below, there 5 such occurrences:
Thanks for. your help!
In German, one term that's at least partially in use is "Signatur": Each
of your five < ... > expressions would be a "Generalbass-Signatur". (The
word "Signatur" occurs in Heinichen, for example.) It seems not to be in
use in English, though.
In my teaching, I sometimes refer to, e.g. <6 5> as one single "bass
figure" or "Generalbassziffer", but of course that's a slight abuse of
terminology.
Lukas
