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You can change the voicing of a chord by rearranging the notes, but there are other ways to adjust the voicing as well. Another popular one is doubling, which involves playing one of the notes of the chord twice. You literally double the occurrence of that note.
- What does doubling a chord mean?
- What is doubling the third?
- What do you double in a vii chord?
- What is doubling in harmony?
What does doubling a chord mean?
Doubling. In a chord, a note that is duplicated in different octaves is said to be doubled. ... In the second chord below, the note E is doubled in two octaves, while G is "doubled" in three.
What is doubling the third?
Dominant chords are always major chords (or at least based on them), and doubling the third of a dominant chord means doubling the leading tone. In common practice period voice leading, the leading tone should resolve to the tonic, so you get parallel octaves right there.
What do you double in a vii chord?
When VII is in root position, it is best to double the root; when VII is in first inversion, doubling either the root or the fifth is acceptable. (Notice that doubling the root of VII is not doubling the leading-tone, it is doubling the subtonic!)
What is doubling in harmony?
In order for every voice to have a note to sing, you need to double up on one of the notes. Most of the time you should reinforce the harmony by doubling the root of the chord, but it is sometimes better to double other notes to get better voice-leading as outlined below.
