Exercise

Bass 15 — Mixed bass motions, minor

Root-position triads (5/3)A minor

Corpus id bass-15 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

Mixed motion in minor, gathering subdominant weight before the dominant arrives.

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Bass	A2	F3	D3	G2	C3	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	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Soprano	E4	F4	F4	G4	G4	F4	E4	E4
Alto	C4	C4	D4	D4	E4	D4	B3	C4
Tenor	A3	A3	A3	B3	C4	A3	G♯3	A3
Bass	A2	F3	D3	G2	C3	D3	E3	A2
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The model realization (A minor, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

The leading tone sits in the tenor here rather than the soprano, and still rises.

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

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-15 — Mixed bass motions, minor. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-15

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