"David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > In a minor key, I'm not entirely sure what to do with the V chord.
so am I because unless there is a 5 sign for the 5th above the tonic you cannot even be sure it is a fundamental chord or an inversion. There might be required a 6th instead of a 5th, also. So, if you're in doubt leave it out (3rd), in general. There is a way, however, to make sure if a dominant (major) V chord is required, i. e. at a cadence at the end of a phrase in the vocal (!) line. That's where a sharpened leading note started to be required in Caccini's time. At other places, there is no need to alter the 3rd, and it shouldn't be done. BTW in that repertoire in minor keys the 3rd of the tonic (!) is also sharpened at final chords in phrases. It is a way of saying *full stop*. > And, for that matter, is the third in any 4-3 (11-10) suspension > *always* a major third? at the end of a phrase in the vocal line, yes. Not necessarily at other places. > I'm looking at Caccini's "Amarilli mia bella." One flat, but I'm > assuming that the key is G minor. indeed, that was the conventional notation. > Bar 2 begins with an 11x10 > suspension over D in the bass: does the "x" mean a major 3rd? If > there were no "x" there, would you still play a major third? yes. > Bar 3 begins with the note D in the bass with A in the melody. What > about the middle note? Assuming D is the dominant (assuming the key is > G minor), does that mean that it always takes a major third? there is no need to have a dominant chord at the opening of a phrase at Caccini's time. It is D minor. -- Best wishes, Mathias Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ Germany, T/F +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
