Voice Leading of first inversion triads

Dr. Sebastian Anthony Birch

COMMON PROGRESSIONS USING FIRST INVERSION TRIADS

General rules:

Either double the root or the soprano
When there are successive first inversion triads alternate doubling the root and the third

Effective voice leading for common progressions using first inversion triads. Where the voices are not indicated the part can be assigned to any voice.

	do	re	do
	sol	sol	sol
	mi	sol/re	mi
Bass	do	ti	do
	I	V⁶	I

Soprano	mi	re	do
a/t	do	ti	sol
a/t	sol	fa	mi
Bass	do	re	mi
	I	vii°⁶	I⁶

also

Soprano	do	ti	do
a/t	mi	re	do
a/t	sol	fa	sol
Bass	do	re	mi
	I	vii°⁶	I⁶

	do	re	ti	do
	sol	la	sol	sol
	mi	re/fa	re	mi
Bass	do	fa	sol	do
	I	ii⁶	V	i

	do	re	ti	do
	sol	le	sol	sol
	me	fa	re	me
Bass	do	fa	sol	do
	i	ii°⁶	V	i

or

	do	le	sol	sol
	sol	fa	re	me
	me	re	ti	do
Bass	do	fa	sol	do
	i	ii°⁶	V	I

	do	do	re	ti
	sol	sol	la	sol
	mi	mi	re	re
Bass	do	mi	fa	sol
	I	I⁶	ii⁶	V

or

	do	do	re	ti
	sol	sol	fa	re
	mi	do	la	sol
Bass	do	mi	fa	sol
	I	I⁶	ii⁶	V


	Email: sbirch@kent.edu