It never crossed my mind that figured bass was anything other than a non countable noun. Just like fish or sheep. As a spoken term it sounds more like a tax term.
Shane On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:01 AM David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> wrote: > I think the real question is "what do you call a single figure or column > of figures under a bass note". So far as I am aware, the term "figured > bass" means a bass line (not a single note) that has figuring to indicate > the harmonies. > > If I want to talk about a number of such bass lines - e.g. the bass lines > of several pieces so notated - then I would call them "figured basses". > > I'm not sure that I have ever heard of a term to describe one single > harmony so notated. > > Not a very helpful answer to your query, perhaps, but that's the usage I > am familiar with. > > David > > > On Tue, 2021-06-15 at 16:20 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > > Hello folks, > > 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! > > JM > > >
