ALL meanings of figured bass
fig·ured bass
F f - noun figured bass a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played. 1
- noun figured bass (music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note. 0
- noun figured bass a shorthand method of indicating a thorough-bass part in which each bass note is accompanied by figures indicating the intervals to be played in the chord above it in the realization 0