Unit 4: Voice leading Flashcards
What is a neighbor tone?
A passing tone that goes up and back to the normal note or down and back to the normal: C-D-C, C-B-C.
What is a passing tone?
A note that fills in a skip with stepwise motion.
What is Contrapuntal Dominance?
5th chords used to expand the Tonic.
What type of fifth chords can be used for contrapuntal dominance?
5 on weak beat, in inversion (6/4, 6, 6/5) bass line passing tone, anacrusis to opening tonic.
What is an authentic cadence?
An ending phrase with a V - I chord progression.
What is a Perfect Authentic Cadence? (PAC)
When the soprano voice ends on tonic and both V and I chord are in root position.
What is an imperfect authentic cadence? (IAC)
Any authentic cadence that doesn’t follow ANY of the rules of a PAC.
What are the spacing rules for four part voicing?
No more than an octave between T-A or A-S and no voice crossing. Be aware of ranges as well.
What can you never double in a triad?
An accidental, leading tone, or tendency tone.
What should you double in a root position triad?
Double bass or 5th (rarely third).
What should you double in a first inversion chord?
Double anything but usually double the fifth.
What do you double in a second inversion chord?
ALWAYS double the bass.
What do you double in a diminished triad?
Double the third.
How do you resolve a leading tone?
Must go up by step in the same voice to tonic.
How do you resolve the 7th in a 7th chord?
Resolve the 7th down by step.
What should you be aware of writing in a 2nd inversion chord?
A 4th above the bass - TRI TONE!!!!!
What seventh chord can you leave the fifth out of to avoid breaking rules?
Dominant 7th.
