Exercise

Bass 13 — Mixed bass motions

Root-position triads (5/3)C major

Corpus id bass-13 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

Steps, thirds and fifths together — the bass motion of real music rather than a drill.

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Bass	C3	A2	D3	G2	C3	F2	G2	C3

The given bass and its figures (C major, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Soprano	E4	E4	F4	G4	E4	F4	D4	E4
Alto	C4	C4	D4	D4	C4	C4	B3	C4
Tenor	G3	A3	A3	B3	G3	A3	G3	G3
Bass	C3	A2	D3	G2	C3	F2	G2	C3

The model realization (C major, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

Written low and close, the way a continuo player would take it rather than a choir.

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. Carry it into G major, F major.

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-13 — Mixed bass motions. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-13

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