Brainlag MusicQuestion 1 of the paper: from a figured bass to four parts, in the same six steps every time.
Six steps, every time
Question 1 gives you a bass line with figures: work through the same six steps each time.
Learn the six steps by heart
- Key: from the key signature and the last bass note. In a minor key, look for the raised 7th in the figures.
- Name: write the chord's label under every bass note.
- Cadence: plan the last two or three chords first.
- Soprano: a line that moves mostly by step and could be sung on its own.
- Fill in: alto and tenor take the nearest notes of each chord.
- Check: six pairs of voices for consecutives, the leading note, the doubling, the spacing.
You try What does the sharp under this bass ask for?
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The 3rd above the bass, raised: the leading note of G minor. The chord is V.
The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
Screen 1 of 4, free to read.
- 4 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards