Exercise

Bass 11 — Bass in thirds, minor

Root-position triads (5/3)A minor

Corpus id bass-11 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

Thirds in the minor mode, where the relative major appears without any accidental at all.

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5
Bass	A2	F3	D3	E3	A2
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The given bass and its figures (A minor, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5
Soprano	A4	A4	A4	G♯4	A4
Alto	E4	F4	F4	E4	E4
Tenor	C4	C4	D4	B3	C4
Bass	A2	F3	D3	E3	A2
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The model realization (A minor, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

F major is the submediant of A minor and needs no accidental; only the dominant does.

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. Carry it into E minor, D minor.

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-11 — Bass in thirds, minor. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-11

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