Exercise

Bass 192 — Stationary bass, minor

First inversion (6)D minor

Corpus id bass-192 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

The same 5-to-6 exchange in minor, where the sixth above the subdominant sharpens the pull toward the dominant.

The given bass

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6
Bass	D3	D3	G2	G2	A2	D3
Figures		6		6	#

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

The model realization

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6
Soprano	F4	F4	G4	G4	E4	F4
Alto	D4	D4	D4	E4	C♯4	D4
Tenor	A3	B♭3	B♭3	B♭3	A3	A3
Bass	D3	D3	G2	G2	A2	D3
Figures		6		6	#

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

Over the subdominant the fifth rises to a sixth and the chord leans harder toward the dominant. The fourths exercise will visit these same six chords again by leap; here the bass stands still and lets the upper voices do all the moving.

At the keyboard

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. Same two moving fingers as the major version — then the sharp arrives under the dominant, as it always does in minor. Carry it into A minor, G minor.

Voice-leading patterns this exercise drills

Cite this exercise

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-192 — Stationary bass, minor. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-192

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