Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 25 of 96
Melodic Intervals of a Fourth and a Fifth in One of the Three Upper Parts Read and hear this section in the playable edition →
§ 25. — 1) Notes forming a melodic movement of a fourth or a fifth in one of the upper parts may be harmonized by two chords of different degrees: I–IV; I–V.
2) If the first note belongs to a triad, the second must belong to a sixth chord, and vice versa.
3) Two leaps of a fourth or a fifth at the same time in two different parts are to be avoided.
4) The distance between the three upper parts must not exceed an octave.
Fig. 91 · See it in the reader a) Leaps between root notes; the sixth chord with the root doubled.
b) Leaps between notes that are fifths of their chords: the sixth chord with the fifth doubled.
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