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- From: fields@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Matthew Fields)
- Subject: Re: // 5ths & 8ves
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.140454.16744@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
- References: <1992Dec19.130505.12073@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:04:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.130505.12073@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> bmtong@cs.cuhk.hk (Tong Bo-Ming) writes:
- >Hi,
- >
- > I have a question on consecutive fifths and octaves. Suppose I
- >have a bass, and an appegiated treble, and my melody is in the inner
- >part. The appegio occasionally have some consecutive octaves with the
- >melody. This is quite difficult to avoid, because it is not good to
- >break the appegio pattern, nor to modify the melody. Any suggestions ?
- >
- > A
- > F F
- > C C
- >treble A A
- > F F
- > C C
- > A A
- >
- > F F F
- >
- >
- >tenor C
- >
- >bass F
- >
- >Tong Bo-Ming
- >Department of Computer Science
- >The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- >Shatin, Hong Kong
-
-
-
- Many solutions.
- 1) The harmony changes a bit.
- 2) The arppeggiation pattern changes direction to avoid parallel octaves.
- 3) The melody is a bit different.
- 4) Add PASSING TONES (look up in music dictionary) to the arpeggiation pattern
- or to the melody.
- 5) Shift the rhythm or beat of the melody and/or the arpeggiation pattern.
-
- Remember to work this out carefully, a note at a time. No one mechanical
- solution is guaranteed to work.
-
- See if you can find a local composer or theoretician to help you.
-
- Good luck.
-
- Matthew H. Fields
-