Compare two arrangements and document choices
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An original eight-bar melody arrangement with triads, a checked bass part, two voice-leading choices and a score or note-grid plus optional free notation playback.
Keep your working files in your own notebook or software. Save a private description, checklist, and work link in My Proof.
What to include
- Supply eight melody/chord/bass bars with explicit pitches, octaves and durations.
- Construct major/minor triads and identify root/third/fifth.
- Annotate strong-beat fit and intentional nonchord tones.
- Compare two upper-voice options with movement/common-tone evidence.
- Provide 100 word choice note and honest playback/export method.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Harmony: triads/membership are correctly identified.
- Parts: bass/register/duration are reproducible.
- Comparison: alternatives have exact note evidence.
- Scope: stylistic judgments and unperformed playback remain distinct.
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The idea in everyday life
A complete note grid specifies pitches, octaves, durations, chords and voices. Free notation playback is an optional check, not a requirement to produce the core arrangement. If you export MusicXML/audio, inspect those actual files separately; document unperformed native application or listening checks.
A score or complete note grid is evidence even without playback.
Compare two arrangements and document choices — worked practice
A score or complete note grid is evidence even without playback.
Original packet: melody.csv with eight bars, chord sequence C, G, Am, F, C, F, G, C; bass whole notes C3, G2, A2, F2, C3, F2, G2, C3; two C→F upper-voice options with movement 15 versus 3. Note: “I retained C4 in the closer F voicing; I left the bar 4 G as the descending nonchord note. I compared pitch grids; playback remains unperformed.” That is a truthful produced arrangement, not a claim that a software button worked.
1. 6.1 Compare
Assemble all eight bars with four quarter-note melody entries, one chord and a whole-note bass. Include upper-voice notes for the transition comparison.
You should see: All parts/bar durations are supplied.
2. 6.2 Compare
Audit chord membership, nonchord annotations, octaves and per-part beat totals. Correct any copied bar whose chord no longer matches its stated analysis.
You should see: Pitch/beat consistency is checked.
3. 6.3 Compare
Compare two arrangements differing in one chord or voicing. Use actual note-grid evidence or optional playback and record the method precisely.
You should see: One controlled alternative has evidence.
4. 6.4 Compare
Deliver the complete grid/score, construction key, comparison and 100 word choice note. Keep original working files in your notation/text app; My Proof records the project and optional link.
You should see: The final packet distinguishes authored music from optional playback tests.
What to finish
An original eight-bar arrangement and comparison packet.
Watch for this
Submitting chord symbols without reproducible melody/bass notes or inventing a playback test.
How can I tell I understand it?
Another person can reconstruct the parts from the score/grid.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Read independent musical lines and opposing-stem notation; playback/native editor is optional and not falsely reported tested.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Read institutional primary teaching text on stacked thirds, root/third/fifth and triad qualities; all melodies/chord grids here original.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Read economy of melodic motion, parts and piano-style voicing; course is a bounded triad study, not complete chorale-rule mastery.
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