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Originally Posted by mathgrant
You mean those numbers 5 and 6 up top actually meant something?
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Of course they meant something. But when I wrote it up, I forgot it was in minor and I should have said "#" instead of "5" for dominant chords (D in the bass) in root position, for instance: when nothing is stated, the alteration applies to the 3rd of the chord.
What I was trying to convey was the chord positions, so it was not a true Baroque figuration. And most often, chords in root position were not figured by "5" at all. When nothing was said, the player had to assume a root position chord.