Hopefully 2 things everyone can agree on in this contentious thread: 1) By a simple change in punctuation, we get
Early Baroque basso continuo Rules!!! (to non-English speakers who don't even turn on MTV or CNN International, that means it is great!) 2) While performer improvisation is an important part of continuo realization, if we allow our modern musical sensibilities to really take over, we may end up with this: http://www.dshoskes.com/stophammer.jpg (I'm only leaving this on my server for a few days) DS To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
