A State-Space Model of Figured-Bass Realization: Local Constraints, Coupled Voices, and Polynomial-Time Solvability
Figured-bass realization can be described as a sequence of choices constrained both within each sonority and between successive sonorities. This paper gives an explicit mathematical model of a restricted, examination-style four-part realization problem. Pitch spelling, range, chord membership, doubling, omission, spaci...