Exercise

Bass 210 — Phrygian cadence

Cadence formulasD minor

Corpus id bass-210 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

The Phrygian close met mid-line: the half-step fall marks the joint between phrases, and the running bass carries on to a full close.

The given bass

4/4	bar 1		bar 2		bar 3		bar 4		bar 5
Bass	D3		B♭2	A2	D3	G2	A2		D3
Figures			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
Soprano	F4	G4	A4	F4	G4	E4	D4
Alto	D4	D4	E4	D4	D4	C♯4	A3
Tenor	A3	D4	C♯4	A3	B♭3	A3	F3
Bass	D3	B♭2	A2	D3	G2	A2	D3
Figures		6	#			#

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

The formula is unchanged; only its position is new. Interior, the Phrygian fall divides the line into question and continuation, and the debt it leaves is paid by the authentic close at the end.

At the keyboard

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. The same half-step fall you ended the last exercise on now happens in passing. Recognize it as it goes by — that is the whole skill. Carry it into A minor, G minor.

Voice-leading patterns this exercise drills

Cite this exercise

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-210 — Phrygian cadence. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-210

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