Re: Syntax explanations

[James E. Bailey]

Am 13.06.2008 um 23:17 schrieb Graham Percival:

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:46:57 +0200
> Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Am Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2008 schrieb Graham Percival:
> > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:22:44 -0600
> > >
> > > "Carl D. Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > A figured bass entry [TODO: enter correct term...] is of the form
> > > >   < //number//modifier(s) ...  >duration
> > >
> > > I'm not wild about discussing the standard chord notation
> > > < ... >duration
> > > but the below table would be totally ok.
> >
> > Ah, thanks for pointing out that figured bass figures actually use
> > the chord notation! To me, it was simply the syntax for figured bass
> > and never occured to me that it was connected to chord syntax in any
> > way.
>
> This *should* be clear in the GDP docs, but I'm not certain if it
> was added or not.  Could you check, and tell Carl if it's not
> added?
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
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FWIW, I just started using figuredbassmode a couple of weeks ago, so  
it was the first time I looked at that documentation, and it was clear  
to me that it was chord notation.