Altered Tenor Clausula

A variant of the double cadence includes changing the tenor clausula to 4-3-2-3.


This creates a 7 chord at the beginning of the double cadence and also allows for a new optional bass line 5-6-4-5:


The following summarizes the variant of a double cadence in three voices:

Derek Remeš, Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns from the 17th and 18th Centuries to Play, Sing, and Transpose at the Keyboard

Practice the Major Variants here.

Practice the minor variants here and here.

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