II. Counterpoint and Galant Schemas
Galant Schemas – Summary
Mark Gotham
Key Takeaways
We begin with an at-a-glance summary of some important schemas, then proceed to set out each of the schemas listed one by one.
Overall Short Summary
Musical notation
Here are files in musical notation with all the schemas listed on this page:
These files provide a set of schemas, with the constituent parts set out as prototypically as is possible in musical notation: that is, with melody and figured bass lines, along with (in the first file’s case) chords in a middle part realizing those figures. Musical notation is obviously useful, though really, schemas are prototypes that exist apart from any specific realization, so the more abstract representations in tables and the like are better in some ways. That’s why you’ll see them set out in this fashion here and in other literature on this topic.
Summarizing table
| Name | When | Meter | Harmony (figures) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanesca | Opening | do–sol–do–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat5-\hat1-\hat1}[/latex] |
do–ti–la–mi [latex]{\hat1-\hat7-\hat6-\hat3}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-6-5-6 |
| Do-Re-Mi | Opening | do–re–mi [latex]{\hat1-\hat2-\hat3}[/latex] |
do–ti–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat7-\hat1}[/latex] |
S W S | 5-6-5 |
| Sol-Fa-Mi | Opening | sol–fa–fa–mi [latex]{\hat5-\hat4-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
do–re–ti–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat2-\hat7-\hat1}[/latex] |
W S W S | 5-5-6/5-5 |
| Meyer | Opening | do–ti–fa–mi [latex]{\hat1-\hat7-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
do–re–ti–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat2-\hat7-\hat1}[/latex] |
W S W S | 5-6/4/3-6/5-5 |
| Aprile | Opening | do–ti–re–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat7-\hat2-\hat1}[/latex] |
do–re–ti–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat2-\hat7-\hat1}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-6/4/3-6/5-5 |
| Jupiter | Opening | do–re–fa–mi [latex]{\hat1-\hat2-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
do–ti–sol–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat7-\hat5-\hat1}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-6-5-5 |
| Pastorella | Opening | mi–re–fa–mi [latex]{\hat3-\hat2-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
do–sol–sol–do [latex]{\hat1-\hat5-\hat5-\hat1}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-5-7-5 |
| Prinner | Answer Process Transition |
la–sol–fa–mi [latex]{\hat6-\hat5-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
fa–mi–re–do [latex]{\hat4-\hat3-\hat2-\hat1}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-6-7-6-5 |
| Modulating Prinner | Answer Process Transition |
mi–re–do–ti [latex]{\hat3-\hat2-\hat1-\hat7}[/latex] |
do–ti–la–sol [latex]{\hat8-\hat7-\hat6-\hat5}[/latex] |
S W S W | 5-6-7-♯6-5 |
| Fonte | Answer Process Transition |
sol–fa–fa–mi [latex]{\hat5-\hat4-\hat4-\hat3}[/latex] |
di–re–ti–do [latex]{\uparrow\hat1-\hat2-\hat7-\hat1}[/latex] |
W S W S | 6/5-5-6/5-5 |
| Monte | Answer Process Transition |
do–te–la–re–do–ti [latex]{\hat1-\downarrow\hat7-\hat6-\hat2-\hat1-\hat7}[/latex] |
mi–fa–fi–sol [latex]{\hat3-\hat4-\uparrow\hat4-\hat5}[/latex] |
W S W S | 6-5-6-5 |
| Ponte | Answer Process Transition |
sol–ti–re [latex]{\hat5-\hat7-\hat2}[/latex] |
sol [latex]{\hat5}[/latex] |
S W S | 5-7-7 |
| Fenaroli | Pre-Cadential | fa–mi–ti–do [latex]{\hat4-\hat3-\hat7-\hat1}[/l