The Descending Tetrachord¶
Rosand. (1979). The Descending Tetrachord: An Emblem of Lament.
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- Beneath the aria the cellos and continuo state a five-bar bass figure, a slow descending chromatic line (the lamento bass), and repeat it essentially unchanged eleven times through the aria
This sourceRosand's study of the descending tetrachord as an emblem of lament, the lamento-bass convention.
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“The Descending Tetrachord: An Emblem of Lament”
- Beneath the aria the cellos and continuo state a five-bar bass figure, a slow descending chromatic line (the lamento bass), and repeat it essentially unchanged eleven times through the aria
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