FIGURED BASS

Figures operate within the given key or scale.

CHORD Inversion Notes Figured Bass Abbreviation

C Root position CEG 5 Nothing notated
3 assumes root
position
First Inversion EGC 6 6
3
Second Inversion GEC 6
4

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 alone refers to the third above the bass as follows:

G Root position GBD  (alone refers to the

V in C minor third above the bass)

Ao Second Inversion C Eb A 6
b
II in G major
C# Root position C# E# G# 
V in F# minor

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