Harmony and counterpoint

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question: how do I connect a seventh (whether natural or artificial) that can neither stay still nor descend by degree (to make a long story short in my case, you either take it by a descending second leap or go up by degree...)

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Reply 2 by antares86

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now that I think about it, I could use the sevenths in incomplete form, no, to solve the problem?

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Reply 3 by Gerardo

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antares86 wrote:

question: how do I connect a seventh (whether natural or artificial) that can neither stay still nor descend by step (to make a long story short in my case, you either take it by a descending second leap or move up by step...)

It depends a lot on the context; if you use artificial sevenths, it means you are a bit advanced with harmony, so the leap on the seventh is not a big problem... perhaps there is still the need to resolve it and make it descend

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Reply 4 by Frank

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antares86 wrote:

question: how do I connect a seventh (both natural and artificial)

Connect to "what"? And does the "what" come before or after?

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Reply 5 by antares86

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Frank wrote:

Connect to "what"? And does the "what" arrive before or after?

successions of sevenths mainly on preparatory degrees one after another... so either the sevenths stay still or they descend by degree since they are still in a purely academic harmony, but in certain situations it is impossible for me; perhaps the only way is to double the bass and omit the fifth.... if some examples are needed, I will upload them from Delachi where he gave me the low-numbered problems..

ps. the leap is a descending third, not a second, my mistake

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Reply 6 by Frank

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Upload the example ...maybe in harmony exercises

http://www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/forum/125-armonia/

so we can understand each other instantly

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Reply 7 by antares86

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ok give me 5 minutes so I can copy it with the little program, I don't feel like scanning the page ahahahah

never mind, I'll scan it and upload it to the exercises

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Reply 10 by Ludovica

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They are exercises on seventh progressions, you should alternate complete chords with incomplete chords (omitting for example the fifth)... prepare the seventh of the following chord and, during the movement of the parts, move as few notes as possible.

Try it and then we'll see what comes out

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