Week 9 Theory 2

 Jonelle Cuningham 

March 18 2023

SATB

• Dont Double Tendency Notes
• In Spacing : No more than an octave between upper voices, Pay special attention to alto and tenor
• Its important to have the third in the chord becasue third detremines wether chord is major or minor
• There are 2 positions

1. Open Position- A chord elemnt could be placed between any of upper three voices
2. Closed Position- No Chord element can be placed between any of 3 uppervoices

• Avoid Voice crossing
• its ok to double root and fifth

Visual examples of SATB in music

An example of one of the rules for SATB writing 

my Video of hush little baby

Helpful YouTube video that helped me understand rules of writing

This videa also broke down the basic rules