Given melody

Melody 9 — Melody applied dominant

Chromatic MelodiesC majorharmonize downward

Corpus id melody-9 · cite this id — it is permanent

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	G4	A4	F♯4	G4	E4	D4	C4

The given melody — harmonize it downward (C 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	G4	A4	F♯4	G4	E4	D4	C4
Alto	E4	E4	D4	D4	C4	B3	G3
Tenor	C4	C4	A3	B3	G3	G3	E3
Bass	C3	A2	D3	G3	C3	G2	C3
Figures			#

The model realization (C 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 F major, G major.

Voice-leading patterns this exercise drills

Cite this exercise

Gradus Figured-Bass Corpus, melody-9 — Melody applied dominant. v1.1. https://gradusmusic.com/figured-bass-corpus/exercise/melody-9

Corpus v1.1 · licensed CC-BY-4.0 · machine-readable at /api/v1/figured-bass/exercises/melody-9

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