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A9. Figured Bass Rules Exercises

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Grade 6 Harmony A9: Figured Bass Rules Exercises

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Choose the correct response(s) to complete the following sentences.

1. "Voice leading" refers to the way notes are put together vertically to make chords/horizontally to make melodies

2. In the soprano, the part should move mostly by an interval of a 2nd/4th/6th. We have 3784 guests and

3. In the soprano, repeated notes should be avoided/used frequently. online

4. In the soprano, the part should move in similar/contrary motion with the bass.
5. In the alto and tenor, the part should move freqeuntly by unison/3rd/5th.
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6. Augmented melodic intervals are encouraged/best avoided.
7. If, for example, the alto part rises higher than the soprano part, this is called oblique motion/crossing parts and it is

 allowed/not allowed.

8. Whenever possible, the leading note should be followed by the tonic/dominant/supertonic.

9. Consecutive 5ths occur when two parts are a perfect/augmented/diminished 5th apart and are then followed by another 5th
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using the same/different pitches.

10. Apart from consecutive 5ths, consecutives are also forbidden with perfect 4ths/perfect octaves/major thirds.
11. The interval between the soprano and alto parts should never be more than a 6th/7th/octave. Please note: this website is not run

12. In a major 5-3 chord, the best note to double is normally the root/3rd/5th of the triad. completely independent business.

13. In a diminished 6-3 chord, the only note you can double is the root/3rd/5th of the triad.
14. In a 6-4 chord, the only note you can double is the root/3rd/5th of the triad.

15. In almost all cases, the most unsatisfactory note of the triad to double is the root/3rd/5th.

16. The mediant/subdominant/leading note should never be doubled.

17. The only note of the triad that can be omitted from a chord is the root/3rd/5th.

18. The only note of the triad that can be tripled in a chord is the root/3rd/5th.
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In each of the following bars, a rule of figured bass has been broken (not a guideline). Identify one error in each bar (do not count a Get the MyMusicTheo

repeated soprano note as an error). In the answers, the letters S, A, T and B refer to the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass notes
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A3. Inversions

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