In the 2000s, outside of professional Baroque ensembles that specialize in the performance practice of the Baroque era, the most common use of figured bass notation is to indicate the inversion in a harmonic analysis or composer's sketch context, however, often without the staff notation, using letter note names followed with the figure. For instance, if a piano piece had a C major triad in the right hand (C–E–G), with the bass note a G with the left hand, this would be a second inversion C major chord, which would be written G. If this same C major triad had an E in the bass, it would be a first inversion chord, which would be written E or E (this is different from the jazz notation, where a C means the added sixth chord C–E–G–A, i.e., a C major with an added 6th degree). The symbols can also be used with Roman numerals in analyzing functional harmony, a usage called figured Roman; see chord symbol.
in the 2000s outside of professional baroque ensembles that specialize in the performance practice of the baroque era the most common use of figured bass notation is to indicate the inversion in a harmonic analysis or composer's sketch context however often without the staff notation using letter note names followed with the figure for instance if a piano piece had a c major triad in the right hand (c–e–g) with the bass note a g with the left hand this would be a second inversion c major chord which would be written g if this same c major triad had an e in the bass it would be a first inversion chord which would be written e or e (this is different from the jazz notation where a c means the added sixth chord c–e–g–a ie a c major with an added 6th degree) the symbols can also be used with roman numerals in analyzing functional harmony a usage called figured roman; see chord symbol