Source title | [Tiento del] Quinto tono. |
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Category abstract
Genre tiento
Fantasia type
Mode 5
Voices 4
Length (compases) 57
Tuning G
Courses 6
Final V/5
Highest I/8
Lowest VI/1
Difficulty not specified
Tempo not specified
Language
Vocal notation
Four-voice polyphony, through composed. This is another case where Fuenllana’s idea of the mode appears unconventional. Jacobs assumes a vihuela in G some that the final chord is F, but it requires a signature of four flats, which is really outside the bounds of possibility. The piece behaves more as if it were in mode 1 for a vihuela in E.