A3:1 Composition Task

As you have set primary chords as accompaniment to tunes by other composers, you should now attempt to compose your own melody with chords. Here is an example of an 8-bar melody which uses the primary chords.

Melody With Primary Chords

Fig. 4

tonic(I)

subdominant(IV)

dominant(V)

I tonic(I)

Notice how the tonic chord in root position is varied. The quavers in the bass part create rhythmical interest in contrast to the melody.

tonic

dominant

tonic

subdominant

dominant

tonic

A leap of an octave in the bass on the dominant – E