Exercise

Bass 2 — Bass in fifths

Root-position triads (5/3)G major

Corpus id bass-2 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

The same fourth-and-fifth bass motion in a sharp key, closing with the leading tone rising in the soprano.

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

The given bass and its figures (G 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	G4	G4	G4	F♯4	G4	E4	F♯4	G4
Alto	D4	E4	D4	D4	D4	C4	D4	D4
Tenor	B3	C4	B3	A3	B3	A3	A3	B3
Bass	G2	C3	G2	D3	G2	A2	D3	G2

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

F♯ is the leading tone: it appears once, never doubled, and rises to G at both closes.

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. Carry it into D major, C major, A major.

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-2 — Bass in fifths. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-2

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