Independent voices
A voice is a continuing line, not a hand; follow one through its rests and ties.
- Category
- Counterpoint and texture
- First taught in
- F.8 Five notes in C
- Theory cards
- Following two independent voices (Foundation)
- Practising polyphony (Level 5)
In the lessons
18 lessons and 18 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| F.8 | Five notes in CStudy in C major, Op. 190 No. 2, Louis Köhler |
| F.11 | Let a second voice enterA Second Voice, written for the Method |
| 1.7 | Follow two voicesSong Tune in C major, ZT 694, Henry Purcell |
| 5.6 | Follow each independent voiceInvention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 8.1 | Balance three independent linesSinfonia No. 1 in C major, BWV 787, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 8.8 | Shape the bass and inner voicesSinfonia No. 11 in G minor, BWV 797, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 9.3 | Map the entries of a fugueFugue in C major, BWV 846, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 10.3 | Hear three independent partsFugue in F major, BWV 856, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.1 | Connect a complete prelude and fuguePrelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.4 | Let ornament and sequence direct the phrasePrelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.7 | Keep a dense fugue intelligiblePrelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.10 | Carry a barcarolle pulse through chromatic colourMallorca (Barcarola), Op. 202, Isaac Albéniz |
| D.12 | Carry inner connections into a complete performanceIntermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2, Johannes Brahms |
| L.1 | Build a five-voice argument across a complete pairPrelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| L.4 | Read an enharmonic boundary accuratelyPrelude and Fugue in E-flat minor / D-sharp minor, BWV 853 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| L.7 | Sustain direction through a long contrapuntal spanPrelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| L.9 | Trace thematic variation into a dense codaBallade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.5 | Make cyclic returns audible without announcing themPrélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21, FWV 21; CFF 24, César Franck |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| F.8 | Five notes in C |
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