Music 151 quiz: melodic, voice leading, and chord construction issues in four-part writing

KEY

Melodic and voice leading issues (at least 5)

Chord construction issues (at least 3)

· Use a good mixture of motion between voice pairs: parallel, similar, oblique, contrary. · Stepwise motion prevails · Skips >4ths tend to be recovered by step or 3^rd in opposite direction · Avoid leaps of 6ths and 7ths in bass · Avoid augmented melodic skips (A2 and A4) · Avoid parallel perfect 1s/8ves and 5ths/12ths · Avoid contrary 5ths and 8ves · Avoid similar 5ths between S and B

· Spacing: <=8ve between S/A and between A/T. Bass and tenor (B/T) may be farther apart. · Avoid voice crossing (where one part crosses above or below an adjacent voice). · Double stable elements of a chord. Consonant triads: norm = root. Diminished triads: norm = 3^rd. 1^st-inversion triads: norm = S. Other possibilities exist. · Never double an active tone like the LT, chord 7^th, or a chromatically-altered tone. · If a triad or7th chord is incomplete, leave out 5^th and double the root. · Inverted 7^th chords should be complete. · Make sure your inversion symbols (FB) are accurate and that you have realized the FB correctly.