Timeline for Melody harmonisation: How to handle leaps?
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| May 28, 2021 at 17:39 | comment | added | Michael Curtis | This is a tricky business. If we're studying the "rules", I think the likes of Handel, Haydn, etc., and we don't pull out "Romantic" as justification for not sticking to the circumscribed harmony of the "Classical" and "Baroque" eras. If "Romantic" is synonymous with "rule breaker", then do we really need to find permission for breaking the rules in permitted ways? That isn't rule breaking, but I think I understand what you are trying to do. It may be good to select particular composers and then study their particular idiosyncrasies. For example, harmonically what makes Grieg sound like Grieg? | |
| May 28, 2021 at 11:22 | comment | added | EdB123 | (stupidly) I did not supply all of the melody notes, just the main chord notes of the melody. The alto leap to G is actually just a third from B flat (aux harmony). However, I did not think the inclusion of these decorative notes would remove the problems of crossing etc when harmonising the melody. 'you loaded up several requirements which seemed to run against the grain of typical voice leading''- would you suggest then not to worry about root position chords at cadences etc and always let the voice leading dictate? | |
| May 28, 2021 at 11:00 | comment | added | EdB123 | thanks for another fantastic answer Michael- I'm currently working on your suggestions. I will have to purchase Piston's book. I am writing this for string section, and I suppose it is more in the romantic style than chorale style. I understand that many of these rules were being broken anyway in the romantic era, but my weakness is I'm not sure which rules were being broken and which were still being adhered to. knowing this seems essential if you want to pull off the style. Any reading suggestions would be greatly appreciated! | |
| May 28, 2021 at 10:34 | vote | accept | EdB123 | ||
| May 26, 2021 at 13:25 | history | edited | Michael Curtis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 25, 2021 at 17:30 | comment | added | Michael Curtis | Ahh! I'll have to make an edit. :-) | |
| May 25, 2021 at 17:22 | comment | added | Laurence | I think you've missed the point that the melody in the alto part is a given. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 17:17 | history | answered | Michael Curtis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |