Describe the function of a slash through a figured-bass number.
What will be an ideal response?
A slash raises that interval above the bass by a half step from the key signature.
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Postmodernism grew out of modernism, beginning roughly around the year __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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On the table there are remnants of food amid a welter of dirty cups and plates. An actor speaks and it is almost unintelligible, sounding somewhere between a grunt and a growl. You are almost certainly at a production that is: a. absurdist b. epic c. impressionistic d. naturalistic e. realistic
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A) ?the oculus B) ?the archway C) ?the groin vault D) ?the barrel vault