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We shall see later in this book that Schenkers ideas on large-scale harmony
are quite radical; the practicalities of the basic harmonic labeling that
Schenkerians use, however, will be familiar enough. The system used in this
book involves a standard combination of Roman numerals and figured bass.
Example 2.4 gives some examples of Roman numerals and figured bass in
practice. A letter followed by a colon denotes the relevant key, with minor
keys in lower case; Roman numerals (all in upper case) indicate the chord
within that key. At its simplest, the addition of figured bass to the Roman