Figured-bass
[beys] /beɪs/
noun, Music.
1.
a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
/beɪs/
noun
1.
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
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