The "no doubling of the leading note" comes from the necessity of the leading tone to go straight up to the tonic. Therefor, a doubled leading tone would result in parallel octaves.
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "A-NO-NE Music" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: [Finale] OT: A dumb question > > Sorry for OT question, but I can't think of any better place to ask this. > Kinda embarrassed to ask. Please go easy on me. I did google around > but couldn't find anything helpful. > > I remember, in traditional harmony, you are not supposed to double the > 3rd, but I don't remember what is the reason for this. The sound isn't > obvious to my ear as it does with parallel 5th and parallel 8th. > > And no doubling on the leading note, is another one I am vague about its > reason. Is this limited to SATB, or the leading note is not allowed to > be doubled even though the voices are more than 4? > > -- > > - Hiro > > Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA > <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
