Why Figured Bass Notation did not Make it into v1 of my Music Theory API

My initial plan when building the Music Theory API v1 was to include figured bass notation as a field in the chord endpoints. The idea was straightforward: return the standard numeric figures alongside the chord notes so that the response would be useful for anyone working with Baroque-era notation or voice leading analysis. The initial json implementation looked like this: { "root": "C",…

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