My attempts to teach myself continuo continue... I'm looking at a sonata by Corelli: two instrumental parts plus basso continuo. Under the bass notes are lots of indications for dominant 7th and 9th chords, at places where the 7ths and 9ths appear in the instrumental parts. That's no problem. I can find the harmonies okay, but my question is: if the 7th or 9th is being supplied in the upper parts, isn't that the place where I should *not* be playing it? For one thing, with all those streams of seventh chords I sound more like Chuck Berry than Corelli, but I'm thinking that perhaps those 7's and 9's under the bass are editorial. Maybe the editor worked backwards: starting with the upper parts, and figuring the bassline accordingly. Or did Corelli really want all those 7ths and 9ths doubled in the continuo part?
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