[Menvi-discuss] Writing Chord and figured Bass in Lime?

Chris Smart csmart8 at cogeco.ca
Sun Mar 25 12:48:35 EDT 2012


I'm surprised you didn't have to produce notation like this until now.

Lime must have a way to do figured bass.  Back 
when I was using Sibelius Speaking, I just picked 
figured bass from a menu and typed the numbers 
one above the next, as the sighted would.

At 10:40 AM 3/25/2012, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I would, but this is for the take-home final and 
>I won’t see my teacher again. I could put them 
>in another document, but that seems like it 
>would be a hassle for my teacher.
>The other kids use MuseScore and don’t have this problem.
>Thanks,
>
>Brandon Keith Biggs
>
>From: <mailto:debrabaxley at att.net>Debra Baxley
>Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 7:23 AM
>To: <mailto:menvi-discuss at menvi.org>'This is for 
>discussing music and braille literacy'
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Writing Chord and figured Bass in Lime?
>
>I called the answers out to my teacher.
>
>Debra
>
>
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>[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On 
>Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs
>Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:36 PM
>To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Writing Chord and figured Bass in Lime?
>
>Hello,
>I have these instructions:
>“Each of the first three lines on the second 
>page is a short chord progression in a defined key
>(each line is a new key). Analyze the phrase and 
>write out the Roman Numerals (with figured
>bass numbers) AND the Chord/Bass symbols for 
>each line. The first line is in D minor, the
>second line is in F# minor and the third line is in Bb major.
>The last line on the second page contains two 
>short harmonic cadences with the bass and soprano
>voices already filled in. Figured bass numbers 
>(6 5) are under some of the notes indicating that
>chord is an inversion of a seventh chord. Fill 
>in the inner voices (tenor and alto) to complete the
>harmony of both cadence. Also name the cadence 
>type (authentic, plural, half or deceptive)”
>
>I’ve got 2 questions here:
>First what should I use so my sighted professor 
>can read the chord markings? I type something 
>like: Mm/V/65/D to indicate the chord is a b 65 
>chord with a root of D in the key of e.
>When I use chord markings the letters end up 
>going behind the staff lines and because the 
>teacher doesn’t use a screen reader they 
>can’t see them. What would you suggest I use 
>for both the chord markings and the cadence label?
>Also my teacher writes figured bass numbers on 
>his XML file and it doesn’t come over to Lime. Does anyone know why?
>Thank you,
>
>Brandon Keith Biggs
>
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