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(I) A- uid cunsecuti ve 5ths and Xves between the outer voices only. In order to
:lCcon plish this you Illust ue:lte a top voice above the bass and thell till ill
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Whell the by step h('I/',m': (a) if the 'top voice is .J 3rd or (lth above
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other illtLTval :tlhl'.T hass thell (11//(1"111")' '.'/0(;1111 is the best
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JIluch highly dcvL'lopcd lillisic is oftcll cOllstru.:tcd over ,I rq1catl'l1 bass patlcrtl.,
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This Ilormally cOllsists of chords l. [V allll V ill thc major kcy. III thl'
cxercises you will havc a ch;lllcl' to k;lrt1 all Illajor alld Illillor chords ;IS till" gmulld is
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[11 ex, 17 (a) shows two parts, avoidillg cOllsecutivl' Sths alld XVl'S. I'kasc Ilotc that,
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(d) a 4-3 cadence is added. Remember that the 4 ';11l1St be prepared in thl' prl'vious chord.
[n (c) and (f) we find a lower position and go through the same procedure. (g) a
passing note in the 2nd chord, and in (h) we see that, in order to play a the F
must be taken as shown here, so as"to prepare the 4 of the 4-3 on G. :
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