<fb>

(figured bass) – Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
Module
Attributes
@label, @type, @xml:id
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
(MEI.shared)
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
Member of
model.figbassLikeGroups elements that record figured bass.
Contained By
(MEI.harmony) Groups elements that record figured bass.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
May Contain
(MEI.harmony) Groups elements that represent single figured bass elements.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="fb" module="MEI.harmony">
<gloss xml:lang="en">figured bass</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="model.figbassLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<classRef key="model.fLike"/>
<classRef key="model.editLike"/>
<classRef key="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</alternate>
</content>
</elementSpec>