Exercise

Bass 16 — Mixed bass motions, minor

Root-position triads (5/3)E minor

Corpus id bass-16 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

The last of the root-position set: mixed minor motion, every voice earning its place.

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7	bar 8
Bass	E3	C3	A2	D3	G2	A2	B2	E3
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The given bass and its figures (E 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	B4	C5	C5	D5	D5	C5	B4	B4
Alto	G4	G4	A4	A4	B4	A4	F♯4	G4
Tenor	E4	E4	E4	F♯4	G4	E4	D♯4	E4
Bass	E3	C3	A2	D3	G2	A2	B2	E3
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The model realization (E minor, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

Written in the tenor register: the same harmony, an octave lower than a choir would sing it.

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

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-16 — Mixed bass motions, minor. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-16

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