Harmony - Need Help As Not Very Good At It

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Harmony - Need Help As Not Very Good At It, Homework for tomorrow

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nicki_flute	Sep 17 2006, 09:35 AM Post #1
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30004 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 1532	Ok, my homework for tomorrow is to put a harmonise a passage, which is 13 bars long. I have a bass line with figured bass, and I have the first few bars given to me. The thing is, I'm really carp at this, and I think it's because I don't actually have that much of an understanding. It doesn't help that the bass line is mostly crotchets, so not much I can imitate. My problem is mainly with suspensions, we did them last term, but I never got them then. For instance...I have a 7-6# harmony part, which I think is a suspension right? It's a minim, and the bass note is an E, am I supposed to just do a D-C# (crotchets) or tie a D or what? Also, is 5-3 6-4-2 a suspension? I'm really need some help with harmony, I'm probably going to get a Rhinegold book to help me, I have the AB guide to music theory part 2, and the grade 6 workbook. What else can I do?

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nicki_flute Harmony - Need Help As Not Very Good At It Sep 17 2006, 09:35 AM

sbhoa Don't know the whole answer but if the first i... Sep 17 2006, 01:04 PM

neil.clarinet 6-4-2 is a seventh chord, if it's written with... Sep 17 2006, 01:39 PM

organ_dummy For instance...I have a 7-6# harmony part, which ... Sep 17 2006, 07:08 PM

nicki_flute Thankyou, although for my counterpoint there are j... Sep 17 2006, 07:09 PM

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