Grade 7 Music Theory Q2. Adding Suspensions to a Harmonic Outline Exercises (Lesson 3)
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1. Complete the paragraph about suspensions.
Suspensions can be written when two adjacent chord notes are an interval of a __________ apart. The first note should create a dissonance with the bass, with the interval of a ______, ______ or ______. The second note should be higher/lower than the first note. The second note should be/not be present in the other parts of the chord, not including the bass. Suspensions are most commonly found in the soprano/alto and tenor/bass parts. The three phases which make up a suspension are called the ___________, the suspension and the _____________.
2. Which of these suspensions are correct? What is wrong with the incorrect suspensions?
3. Find three legal places to add suspensions to the alto or tenor parts, then copy the whole piece and add the suspensions.
