Given melody

Melody 10 — Melody applied dominant (second key)

Chromatic MelodiesF majorharmonize downward

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What it teaches

A raised fourth degree in the melody announces the applied dominant: ♯4̂ is a borrowed leading tone, and it pulls to 5̂ exactly as 7̂ pulls to 1̂.

The given melody

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7
Soprano	C5	D5	B4	C5	A4	G4	F4

The given melody — harmonize it downward (F major, 4/4; ⌒ = tied from the previous note)

Write the bass, the figures and the inner voices beneath it. Sing the line first; sketch the bass alone against it; add the figures your bass implies; fill the inner voices last.

The model harmonization

4/4	bar 1	bar 2	bar 3	bar 4	bar 5	bar 6	bar 7
Soprano	C5	D5	B4	C5	A4	G4	F4
Alto	A4	A4	G4	G4	F4	E4	C4
Tenor	F4	F4	D4	E4	C4	C4	A3
Bass	F3	D3	G3	C4	F3	C3	F3
Figures			#

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

The raised tone is seeded the clean way — approached by a falling third from above, with its own natural nowhere in earshot, so no false relation can form. The sharp under the bass announces the raised third; the soprano resolves it up a half step into the dominant, which then closes home.

At the keyboard

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

Voice-leading patterns this exercise drills

Cite this exercise

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, melody-10 — Melody applied dominant (second key). v1.1. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/melody-10

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