MUSIC THEORY

Music 221

Mod 29

Subject of the Day: Chord Connection in 3 and 4 Voices: Roots a Third (Sixth) Apart
Reading Assignment: Textbook, pp. 96-97
Written Assignment: Workbook, ex. 6-3
Semester Schedule

Connectings Chord Whose Roots Are a ThirdApart

Four Voices

In four voices this is perhaps the easiest of the connection procedures to implement.

a. Retain the TWO COMMON TONES in the same voices
b. Move the remaining voice stepwise

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Three Voices

In ascending roots of a third, do not omit the fifth in the second chord. If the fifth is missing the chord has an aural effect of being a first inversion of the same chord instead of being a completely different chord.

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William S. Bartolotta

Music Department

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529