Exercise

Bass 218 — Cadential 6/4, minor

Second inversion (6/4)G minor

Corpus id bass-218 · cite this id — it is permanent

What it teaches

The cadential 6/4 in minor, approached by the half-step fall from the sixth degree, resolving onto the sharp that makes the dominant real.

The given bass

4/4	bar 1		bar 2		bar 3		bar 4		bar 5
Bass	G2		C3		E♭3		D3	D3	G2
Figures					6		6/4	#

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

The model realization

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4		bar 5
Soprano	D4	E♭4	G4	G4	F♯4	G4
Alto	B♭3	C4	C4	D4	D4	D4
Tenor	G3	G3	C4	B♭3	A3	B♭3
Bass	G2	C3	E♭3	D3	D3	G2
Figures			6	6/4	#

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

Minor sharpens both edges of the formula: the bass approaches the 6/4 by the half-step fall from ♭6, and the fourth resolves onto the raised third itself — so the figures 6/4 then ♯ spell the whole close, from lean to leading tone.

At the keyboard

The three upper voices of the model realization fit under one hand. Feel the bass fall its half step onto the 6/4 — the sixth degree leaning onto the dominant before the upper voices have even begun to resolve. Carry it into D minor, C minor.

Voice-leading patterns this exercise drills

Cite this exercise

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, bass-218 — Cadential 6/4, minor. v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/bass-218

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