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Offline vvv22

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basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
on: February 24, 2011, 12:05:03 AM
ii -> V root positions G major

A* midC E A -> D A* D F

Is it parallel voice-leading ie all moves down?  or does the A* count as common tone even though it's in different voices?

Thanks for your help in advance!!

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Re: basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 12:26:36 AM
It would be easier if you put it on the staff.  It's hard to tell if the notes are moving up or down.
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Re: basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
Reply #2 on: February 24, 2011, 12:33:59 AM
for the ii chord...

bass clef: A (bass)   mid C (tenor)    treble: E (alto) A (tenor)

for the V chord...

bass clef: D (bass) A (tenor)      treble: D (alto) F (tenor)

basically all voices are going down
but the A is the same for bass in ii chord and tenor in V chord

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Re: basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
Reply #3 on: February 24, 2011, 01:11:20 AM
(And F# right?)

I think it is some kind of parallels.  Indirect or hidden.  Something like that.  Parallels between the root and 8ve and between the root and fifth.

The easy/cheat way is to move the top three voice opposite of the bass.  If there's a fifth or 8ve it can't be parallel.  If not, if the root is in the bass, double check what the 8ve and fifth are doing if they're present.
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Re: basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
Reply #4 on: February 24, 2011, 01:55:20 AM
I can't seem to find any parallels of 5th or 8th other than the fact that all notes move in the same direction..   :-\

the question was like this

given soprano line: B down to A down to F# up to G

given bass chord progression: I   ii V I  all in root positions

for the bass i put down (bass clef) G up to A down to D back up to G

the only alternative i can think of is to have an incomplete chord of V so

soprano A down to F
alto E down to D
tenor C up to D
bass A down to D

this is better right? 

Thanks for help so far Bob.

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Re: basic harmony - not sure if i did it right...
Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 04:35:39 AM
I think it's something with the motion -- The voices moving down.

And then there's an A-E in the ii and a D-A that appears in the V.  Even though they're in different voices, the voices are moving in the same direction.

The A-A octave... All voices move down.... And then there's a D-D octave.


Maybe I'm being too strict about it something.  It may be a perfect 8ve moving to a perfect fifth (and vice versa) in the same motion.  Maybe that's hidden parallels.  It's been awhile.
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