{
  "id": 16681439,
  "title": "Why Figured Bass Notation did not Make it into v1 of my Music Theory API",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/why-figured-bass-notation-did-not-make-it-into-v1-of-my-music-theory",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T00:27:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/hannedev/why-figured-bass-notation-did-not-make-it-into-v1-of-my-music-theory-api-4ana"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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\",…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}