Hi,
In the above book Ex 19 (and probably others later on) it asks for you to write out 4 part chords based on the given key and chord quality (ie V or vi).
I have the answer book which seems to show only one chord answer for each question, but I can see that the whole point of the preceeding text is that there are many ways to write out those chords - have I missed something major here ?
(I am checking that I have the tonic in the bass, am not doubling 3rds, or have the 3rd too low down, not too big a gap between Alto and Tenor etc etc).
Full Version: Harmony In Practice (butterworth) Ex 19 (etc)
QUOTE(cambiata @ Nov 4 2009, 07:05 PM) 
Yes
Thanks Cambiata, however,
Do you mean "Yes" I've missed something for that Exercise ?
Edit: Ah, second thoughts, I think you mean "Yes" there are many ways of writing the chords.
Hmm, if so I was hoping for a bit more help from the answer book. TBH it doesn't really mean much if it can't tell me why some of my chords may are not optimal. It would have been better to put all the possibles in, or at least mentiont hat only one is given out of several possibles.
Usually you can tell when you've got something askew if you try the chords out on the piano after completing the exercise - not much help if you don't have a piano to hand, I know.
I must admit I often did the exercises several times until they sounded right - not an option in an exam but by doing them over and over you sort of recognise eventually how it will sound, and it is a good idea to aim for a good 'spread' with a larger gap between tenor and bass than between other parts.
I must admit I often did the exercises several times until they sounded right - not an option in an exam but by doing them over and over you sort of recognise eventually how it will sound, and it is a good idea to aim for a good 'spread' with a larger gap between tenor and bass than between other parts.
QUOTE(mel2 @ Nov 4 2009, 10:07 PM)
Usually you can tell when you've got something askew if you try the chords out on the piano after completing the exercise - not much help if you don't have a piano to hand, I know.
I must admit I often did the exercises several times until they sounded right - not an option in an exam but by doing them over and over you sort of recognise eventually how it will sound, and it is a good idea to aim for a good 'spread' with a larger gap between tenor and bass than between other parts.
Tenors are always happier when the basses are a large gap away!
QUOTE(mel2 @ Nov 4 2009, 10:07 PM)
Usually you can tell when you've got something askew if you try the chords out on the piano after completing the exercise - not much help if you don't have a piano to hand, I know.
I must admit I often did the exercises several times until they sounded right - not an option in an exam but by doing them over and over you sort of recognise eventually how it will sound, and it is a good idea to aim for a good 'spread' with a larger gap between tenor and bass than between other parts.
I have the right notes, so I'm not fussed re dissonance telling me its wrong - but you are right that playing them out may tell me which are the best sounding ones - however I suppose when it gets time to fill out the 4 part harmony given the figured bass then it really depends on what chord versions I will be allowed to use rather than what I want to use because I can't use parrallel 5ths etc etc
The examples given at the start fo the exercise seem to have both closely grouped spread chords so there doesn't even seem to be some concensus I can use.
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