Root Position Rules
Name one option for the upper voices when the roots are either a perfect fourth or perfect fifth apart!
Keep the common tones and move the remaining voices stepwise OR move all three voices with similar motion to the nearest chord tone
What is the favored voice to double in first inversion chords?
Soprano, but sometimes the bass
What scale degree do you never double?
Leading Tone
What cadence ends in a V chord?
Half Cadence
What nonharmonic tone is approached by step and resolves by skip?
Escape Tone
Name one option for the upper voices when the roots are either a perfect fourth or perfect fifth apart!
Keep the common tones and move the remaining voices stepwise OR move all three voices with similar motion to the nearest chord tone
What notes should you double in a vii06 chord?
3rd or 5th. Follow-up- why not the root?
What 2 intervals should you avoid in part writing?
A2 and A4
In proper order, what chords make a Plagal Cadence?
IV to I
Difference between Accented and Unaccented nonharmonic tones?
Accented on the beat, Unaccented off the beat
When roots lie a third apart how should the upper voices move?
Keep the common tones and move remaining voices stepwise.
What notes should you double in a iio6 chord?
3rd or root
What intervals should you avoid between two voices?
Parallel 5ths and 8ths
What chord comes after the V chord in a Deceptive Cadence?
Anything but I. Follow up- what is the most common chord that follows V?
Explain a suspension in how it is approached and resolved
Approached by common tone and resolved by step down
What must be maintained with repeated chords?
Doubling and usual order of voices
Name the 4 different uses of 2nd inversion chords
Pedal, Passing, Arpeggiated, and Cadential
What should be the largest intervals between two adjacent voices?
No more than an octave
Explain the difference between an IAC and a PAC.
PAC has both chords in root position, V to I (V to i), and bass and soprano have tonic
What nonharmonic tone is approached by step and resolves by common tone?
Anticipation
The upper voices move contrary to the bass to the nearest chord tone!
What voice do you double in 2nd inversion chords?
Bass voice
Explain unequal 5ths
When voices stay a 5th apart, but go from a P5 to d5 or vice versa
In proper order, what two chords make up a Phrygian Half Cadence?
iv6 to V
What 2 nonharmonic tones are the only types that have both Accented and Unaccented types?
Passing and Neighbor Tones