Harmony and counterpoint

bc choral BWV6

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Opening post by antares86

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'Good evening everyone, inspired by a post from Red Scharlach some time ago in which he had linked the score of this chorale taken from the cantata, I decided to write it out as an exercise since I haven't worked for a while'... here you go, I am also uploading the score with SCTB+continuo.

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Reply 4 by RedScharlach

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I'm just pointing out a couple of things I noticed.

At the beginning of m. 2, parallel fifths between Tenor and Soprano (Eb/Bb - D/A).

At m. 4, the Tenor has an augmented second (Eb-F#).

At m. 7, the Alto's seventh rises to A instead of resolving to F#.

Between m. 7 and m. 8, the Alto has the augmented second F#-Eb... but here it descends as a resolution by exchange, so it can stay.

These are details that you can easily adjust!

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Reply 6 by Organista94

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RedScharlach wrote:

A b. 4 the Tenor has an augmented second (Eb-F#).

I am asking, but can't the augmented second always be used... as long as it "resolves"?

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Reply 7 by DiesIrae

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Not bad Antares, aside from Red's suggestions, in terms of taste I would have "dared" a C# in the bass at measure 3 instead of C natural (the resident pietist will forgive me) and I would have given the passing seventh, so C on the second chord of measure 3 with the right hand.

In terms of notation, I would have proposed the accent mark also on the chords of the right hand

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