Section II, Part A (No Aural Stimulus) Flashcards

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section ii, part a (no aural stimulus)

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  • guidelines
    • avoid voice leading problems
  • – parallel fifths and octaves
  • – beat to beat fifths and octaves
  • – fifths and octaves
  • – unequal fifths
  • — only acceptable in a rising d5-P5 in I–
  • — any other rising d5-Pd- is unacceptable
  • — rising P5-d5 is acceptable
  • – hidden fifths
  • — step to fifth is ok
  • — leap to fifth is not
  • – no overlapping voices or voice crossings
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examples of questions

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  • realize the figured bass below in four voices, following traditional eighteenth-century voice-leading procedure. continue logically form the spacing of the first chord
    • do not add embellishments unless they ask
    • supply the roman numeral that appropriately indicates harmonic function
  • sometimes they will supply the bass line and other times they will supply the roman numerals, work accordingly
    • do bass line first, then melody moving in contrary motion, then fill in the remaining voices
  • keep it simple, “boring is beautiful”
  • only leap when you have to
  • start with last note and work backward
  • the last question will have the first half of the question filled in (they will provide soprano, bass, and roman numeral). you fill in the second half
    • fill in the cadence points
    • write in bass line and chord structure based on what you see
    • take your time
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