Are You Smarter Than
A Regular Music Kid?
Jessica Sharou
RULE 1
Know the Vocal Ranges & Stay
Within the Heart of Each Range
RULE 4
Don't Confuse the Ear
Pick your starting Rule!
RULE 2
Write for Four Different
Voices
RULE 5
Spacing is an Issue
RULE 7
Resolutions
RULE 3
Motion is the Key to
Successful Counterpoint
RULE 6
Double the Root First, the Fifth
Second, & the Third with a
Reason
RULE 1
The Alto's range is?
G-C
Which way does the stem
go for each part?
What is their range
called?
Soprano’s - up
Alto’s - Down
Tenor’s - Up
Bass - Down
A Heart Range
RULE 2
What is a contrapuntal
characters?
Linear and/or horizontal
movements
The bass is…?
Given
The most frequent
endings are?
Re-Ti-Do and
Mi-Re-Do
RULE 3
Contrary motion is?
Similar motion is?
Parallel motion is?
The melody moves
opposite of the bass
Bass and soprano move
in the same direction
but at different intervals
The soprano moves in
the same direction as
the bass.
RULE 4
T/F
Cross the alto and
soprano voices
What happens when you
overlap voices?
1 way overlapping might
happen
False
You confuse the ear
A voice takes over the
role of another voice.
Bass jumps into the
tenor range, not
leaving enough room.
RULE 5
The Soprano and Alto
must?
Tenor should mostly be
singing above?
T/F
It doesn’t matter how
far away the tenor and
the bass are
Be in the same octave of
each other
C4
True
RULE 6
What should you do first?
How many chords will be
doubled in a 4-chord?
You should never double
a?
Double the root
One
Tendency Tone
RULE 7
What can V resolve to?
A I or VI
When does the 7th of a
chord resolve downward?
What does Ti do when V
resolves to I?
When there’s a 7th
chord of any kind
Ti resolves upward to
Do