Exercises in "Figured Soprano"

C. Sokol

Fall 2009

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m.4 Major triads:
Chromatic scale as melody: m.1 Major triads: Soprano position of the root


closed voicings of major triads soprano position of the 5th

Piano

Left hand plays roots of triads

Major triads: Soprano position of the 3rd

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Chromatic scale as m.10 Major triads: Soprano position of the 5th m.13 Major triads: Soprano position of the root
melody: open voicings


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m.16 Major triads: Soprano position of the 3rd

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2 Whole-tone scale as melody: Minor triads: Minor triads:
soprano position of the 3th soprano position of the root

closed voicings of minor triads

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Minor triads:
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Whole-tone scale as Minor triads: Minor triads:
melody: open voicings

soprano position of the 3rd soprano position of the root

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Pno. Minor triads:

soprano position of the 5th

Alternating major/minor:
soprano root position Alternating major/minor: Alternating major/minor:

25 soprano as 3rd soprano as 5th

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Whole-tone scale as melody:
shifting soprano position: 1<>3 Major triads

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Minor triads

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Whole-tone scale as melody:
shifting soprano position: 1<>5

Minor triads Major triads
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Whole-tone scale as melody:
alternating soprano position: 3<>5 3

Major triads

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Whole-tone scale as melody:
sequence of soprano positions: 1>3>5
Minor triads Major triads


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Whole-tone scale as melody:
sequence of soprano positions: 1>3>5>3 Minor triads

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5 3 1 3 5 3
1 3 5 3 1 3
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Whole-tone scale as melody:
sequence of soprano positions: 1>3>5>3 Major triads

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Whole-tone scale as melody:
sequence of soprano positions: 1>3>5>3
with embellishments to bass line Minor triads



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5 3 1 3 5 3
1 3 5 3 1 3
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Whole-tone scale as melody: sequence of minor triads with soprano positions: 1>3>5>3
4 including to bass line and partial lineation in right hand triads

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3 1 3
5 3 1 3 5 3
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Whole-tone scale as melody: sequence of minor triads with soprano positions: 1>3>5>3
with greater elaboration in both hands

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3 3 5 1 3 1 5 3
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1 5 3 1 3
3
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5 3 1 3 5 3
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Diminished scale as melody:
sequence of soprano positions: 1>5>3 And on it goes ... write your own ...s

57 sequence of alternating major<>minor triads

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Same sequence as the previous one but with partial and full lineation, 5

passing and neighbor tones, octave doubling, lots of fun and excitement.

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Pno. sfz

Simple melody with parallel intervals
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Simple melody with parallel intervals

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82 rit.

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Same as previous including embellishments: octave displacement, lineation, octave doubling, one permutation, and bifurcation of texture

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q=88 Same simple diatonic melody with

Diatonic triads: 3<>5
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etc.

Diatonic melody with Diatonic melody with Diatonic melody with parallel chord voicings:

minor<>major triads: 3<>5 major<>minor triads: 3<>5 dominant 9 chords
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Diatonic melody with parallel voicings: 7
Diatonic melody with parallel voicings: Same with elaboration

augmented 11 chords

secundal clusters by partial lineation


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109

etc.

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112

etc.

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