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Can I pay in Confederate money?

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But Bird heard all this stuff before he "learned" it. It didn't come out of his brain in a theoretical sense; it came from his "ears." His brain came in when it came to applying what he was hearing to his horn, to what he already understood musically, and to some degree connecting it to other...

Ouch. I have no idea where that came from. I didn't adequately distinguish between figured bass and roman numerals, so I acknowledged your doing so. I said I failed in making the distinction, which you subsequently, and I felt helpfully, highlighted. I'm not sure how I'm a "jackass" here?

That's what happens when you rush like Ray Brown.

Best thing to do is say, "Ah ... Workman."

I'd watch American Idol if they did that to the losing contestants ...

I just didn't want some future archive searcher to infer incorrectly - I was sure you were on it.

Though of course figured bass notation does not include the upper (treble clef) part. There are numerous ways a figured bass part can be "realized," which is where the improvisation, creativity, idiomatic awareness, and interaction with the soloist (who is potentially also improvising to some...

Roman numerals and figured bass each include some information that the other excludes. They have different uses, which I think is salient. Neither may be the best way to approach Giant Steps or So What or the Tristan prelude, other than as academic exercises (and I'm all for academic exercises)...

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Thanks for making this distinction, which I failed to make in my earlier post.

Basso continuo parts, which use figured bass notation, don't often specify the instrument to be used as accompaniment, so it's not necessarily "harpsichord music" per se. Could be an organ, lute, guitar, etc. I have different recordings of Baroque recorder sonatas in which different continuo...