Re: Perceived limitations of using UC RN in an harmonic analysis

"Joey Goldstein" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Steve Latham wrote:
>> "Joey Goldstein" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>> Are you saying that a composer could re-compose the piece being
analyzed 
>>> just by looking at the analysis?
>>> I'd find that hard to believe.
>>
>> I'm saying a person could reconstruct the chords and voicings,
including 
>> the voice-leading.
>
> Maybe if the soprano was supplied along with the analysis.
> But without the soprano I can't see how that is possible. You could
spell 
> the chords, and some of the voice leading might be implied from the 
> analysis, but that's about it.
>


Oh, well, we can assume that the final soprano note will be the Tonic. 
Working backwards, some types of voice-leading can help you figure out
what 
has to happen to get there (to avoid parallels, etc.) Also, it's likely
that 
the Soprano move with the Bass either in parallel 10ths, or in
counterpoint, 
so you can at least get some suggestions from that. But yes, you can't 
reconstruct it completely - at least with any certainty.

Steve