At 8:05 AM -0600 3/28/06, David Pickering wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good book that introduces figured bass
>realization in a logical, systematic manner? =20

For a step by step, sort of graded, general approach I find either of 
these to still be the best. These will help you get the mechanics and 
the techniques down, but for stylistic nuances you will need to look 
elsewhere, and even at period tutors.

Figured Bass for Beginners by Helen Keaney (E.C. Schirmer)

Figured Harmony at the Keyboard by R.O. Morris (Oxford)

Lee Ridgway
Boston

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