Exercise

Bass 14 — Mixed bass motions

Root-position triads (5/3)Bb major

Corpus id bass-14 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

Mixed bass motion in a flat key, ending with the strongest close there is.

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Bass	B♭2	G2	C3	F3	B♭2	E♭3	F3	B♭2

The given bass and its figures (Bb 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	D4	D4	E♭4	C4	D4	E♭4	C4	D4
Alto	B♭3	B♭3	C4	A3	B♭3	B♭3	A3	B♭3
Tenor	F3	G3	G3	F3	F3	G3	F3	F3
Bass	B♭2	G2	C3	F3	B♭2	E♭3	F3	B♭2

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

Close spacing throughout keeps the three upper voices inside one hand.

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

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-14 — Mixed bass motions. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-14

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