TABLES MS33 bkIII f28v-29r/p56
The following figures arise out of the analysis:-
total number of beats notated 120
number of 3rds/6ths in treble 0
number of triads in treble 0
number of single bass notes 36
number of bass octaves 10
number of bass chords of a 4th & 5th 4
number of bass chords of a 5th 10
number of bass triads 3
number of beats with (falling) staggered octaves between main bass note & treble 34
number of beats with crotchet-equivalent passing notes in melody 2
number of beats with no simultaneously struck bass & treble 74
number of beats with simultaneous octaves between main bass note & treble 32
number of beats with non-octave concordance between main bass note & treble 12
Some of these figures are interlocking. The last figure is for the number of beats without
octaves between bass and treble and yet harmonising as part of the hypothetical triad.
The figure can be divided under the subheading of the kinds of intervals used to create
non-octaves.
3rds 3
5ths 7
3rds or 5ths? 2
System 1
total number of beats notated 24
number of beats with magadising 20
number of beats with crotchet passing notes in melody 0
number of beats with concordance 4
beats with non-octave/unison concordance
bar 1, 1st beat: C & F+C+F – melody 5th above bass
bar 3, 2nd beat: A & F – melody 3rd above bass
bar 6, 1st beat: A & F+C+F – melody 3rd above bass
bar 7, 1st beat: G & G+C – melody 5th above bass
Systems 2 & 3
total number of beats notated 48
number of beats with magadising 41
number of beats with crotchet passing notes in melody 2
number of beats with non-octave concordance 5
beats with crotchet passing notes
bar 4, 1st beat: D & C+F + melody 6th above bass
bar 5, 2nd beat: D & C+A+F – melody 6th above bass
beats with non-octave/unison concordance
bar 4, 2nd beat: C & C+F – melody 5th above bass
bar 4, 3rd beat: A & C+F – melody 3rd above bass
bar 5, 1st beat: C & C+A+F – melody 5th above bass
bar 11, 1st beat: C & C+F – melody 5th above bass
bar 15, 1st: G & C+G+C – melody 5th above bass
Systems 4 & 5
total number of beats notated 48
number of beats with magadising 45
number of beats with crotchet passing notes in melody 0
number of beats with non-octave concordance 3
beats with non-octave/unison concordance
bar 11, 3rd beat: C/A & C+F – melody 5th or 3rd above bass
bar 14, 2nd beat: C/A & F – melody 5th or 3rd above bass
bar 15, 1st beat: G & G+C – melody 5th above bass
* shows where 3rds/6ths appear but where the melody note is not the third note of a triad
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Tables MS33