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Old Jun 14 2008, 1:00 PM
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Hey! That works just fine. I just printed it out and played it on the harpsichord. It's fun to play.

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but hmm didn't you do just the same as me?? hehe in your example you have above my melody in the 3rd bar and ur new bass line... the last 2 beats of the mass line D E move in the same way and on the first beat of the melody, which does D E too :p
I don't think so. Because there is an intervening note (the B quaver in the melody), the similiarity of movement is allowed and it's not considered parallel. It's only when there is no intervening note that there is a problem. That is my understanding of the rule, anyway. I believe early on there were some musicologists and composers who believed one should avoid any movement like this, but that relaxed. Your solution is just fine - as I said, there are many possible ways out of it.
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