Brainlag MusicA good bass: strong at cadences, moving against the melody.
A second melody
The bass is the accompaniment's second melody: it moves by a 4th or 5th at cadences, often by step between, and in contrary motion to the melody where it can.
The rest of this lesson and its 5 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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- 5 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards