On 5-Feb-07, at 11:17 AM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Minor thirds could be doubled, at least, more so than major thirds.
In most cases, it is the bass note that gets doubled most of the time
(first inversion being a notable exception) but the needs of voice
leading can cause some rarer note to be doubled gracefully from time
to time. You are correct that the leading tone is very resistant to
being doubled, more so than any other note.
You can't talk about the results of doubling without considering the
*bass* of the chord. The traditional doubling rules are different for
the different inversions, and there are good pragmatic reasons for
the doubling rules -- in four-part traditional harmony, they make for
a better sound. Of course, one is absolutely free to intentionally
violate the rules for effect, and when voice leading trumps harmony
(e.g., in highly polyphonic music), you'll often find them often
violated in passing.
But the *bass* is what matters, and it shocks me that nobody has
mentioned this in answering the question!
I did! There it is, in the second sentence.
Christopher
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