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Part Writing Guided Notes for Musicians

The document provides guidance on part writing notes, including that the root of the chord should be in the bass, adjacent voices can be separated by no more than a third, and the tenor may double the bass note. It also labels statements about part writing structures as either close structure or open structure.

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Part Writing Guided Notes for Musicians

The document provides guidance on part writing notes, including that the root of the chord should be in the bass, adjacent voices can be separated by no more than a third, and the tenor may double the bass note. It also labels statements about part writing structures as either close structure or open structure.

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Chapter 8 – Part Writing Guided Notes

1. The note in the _____________ voice should always be doubled.

2. The ______________ of the chord will always be in the Bass.

3. Adjacent voices will never be separated by more than a _________ (interval).

Label the statements below with the structure that corresponds: Close Structure or Open Structure.

a. There should be less than 1 octave between the S & T voices: _________________________

b. From the soprano note, the alto note is found by moving down the staff past the closest chord tone to the

second closest one:_____________________________________

c. From the soprano note, the alto note is found by moving down the staff to the closest chord

tone:______________________________________

d. The bass looks like it is completely unrelated to the rest of the voices:________________________________

e. The tenor note could end up doubling the bass note:___________________________________

4. Voice crossing is:_________________________________________________________________

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