Unit 4-1 Reading Figured Bass 9 Sep 202025 Sep 2022 Figured bass (or Thoroughbass) refers to a shorthand system to designate the intervals to be played above the bass. Depending on the number of voices, we choose different notes to…
Unit 4-1 The Rule of the Octave 13 Sep 202021 Sep 2020 In the assembly held on April 14, 1878, Cav. Maestro Ettore De-Champs, Resident Academician, answered that a study of harmony, as well as of languages, that begins from the theoretical…
Unit 4-1 Rule of the Octave in Minor Keys 21 Sep 202025 Sep 2022 We use the same figures in minor keys. However, the ascending RO features the raised 6 and 7 scale degrees. The descending rule of the octave features an augmented 6th…
Unit 4-1 ‘Advanced’ Rule of the Octave 21 Sep 202025 Sep 2022 As we saw in the Fenaroli examples, in four parts or more, we will encounter more four-note chords in the Rule of the Octave. We also saw in the Fenaroli…
Unit 4-1 Half Step Motion in the Bass 21 Sep 202025 Sep 2022 Half step motions in the bass are rare in traditional major/minor scale. They play an important rule in establishing the key center and therefore merit separate discussion. Much of the…
