SATB guidelines

Question 1

1.)Stem direction Soprano

Answer 1

UP

Question 2

1.)Stem direction Tenor

Answer 2

UP

Question 3

1.)Stem direction Alto

Answer 3

Down

Question 4

1.)Stem direction Bass

Answer 4

Down

Question 5

2.)

Answer 5

Chord Constructions

Question 6

3.)

Answer 6

Range

Question 7

Range Soprano

Answer 7

C4-G5

Question 8

Range Alto

Answer 8

G3-D5

Question 9

Range Tenor

Answer 9

C3-G4

Question 10

Range Bass

Answer 10

F2-D4

Question 11

4.)

Answer 11

spacing

Question 12

close spacing

Answer 12

the upper three voices are as close together as possible; no other chord member can fit in between the tenor and alto and alto and soprano

Question 13

open spacing

Answer 13

both the soprano, alto and the tenor “skip” over a chord member to open up the structure.

Question 14

5.)

Answer 14

Voice crossing= the ranges of voices should not cross, the soprano is always higher than the alto, the alto higher than the tenor, and the tenor higher than the bass

Question 15

6.)

Answer 15

Doubling the bass is usually doubled in the upper bass but the leading tone/tendency tones/chordal sevenths can never be doubled because they contain four notes one for each voice part