MTO 10.2: Aarden and Hippel, Rules for Chord Doubling, 2.1.2

Volume 10, Number 2, June 2004
Copyright © 2004 Society for Music Theory

Bret Aarden and Paul T. von Hippel
Rules for Chord Doubling (and Spacing): Which Ones Do We Need?

2.1.2 Root-Position Triads

Table 2.1.2a. Rules for voice-doubling in root position triads, according to various theorists

Theorists	Double the root	Root > Fifth (> Third)	No third	No fifth	Depends on quality	Reinforce the key	Same for all inversions
Alchin⁽²⁶⁾	•
Aldwell & Schachter⁽²⁷⁾	•
Benjamin, et al.⁽²⁸⁾		•				•
Bussler⁽²⁹⁾			•				•
Chadwick⁽³⁰⁾	•
Christ, et al.⁽³¹⁾	•				•
DeLone⁽³²⁾	•
Foote & Spalding⁽³³⁾	•			•
Gow⁽³⁴⁾		•	•		•		•
Jones⁽³⁵⁾		•	•		•		•
Kostka & Payne⁽³⁶⁾		•	•
Kraft⁽³⁷⁾	•						•
Levarie⁽³⁸⁾		•	•				•
MacPherson⁽³⁹⁾	•				•
Des Marais⁽⁴⁰⁾		•
Mitchell⁽⁴¹⁾		•					•
Morris⁽⁴²⁾		•			•
Ottman⁽⁴³⁾	•				•	•	•
Ottman⁽⁴⁴⁾	•				•
Owen⁽⁴⁵⁾		•					•
Piston⁽⁴⁶⁾	•
Prout⁽⁴⁷⁾				•		•
Ratner⁽⁴⁸⁾		•	•				•
Riemann⁽⁴⁹⁾		•					•
Rimsky-Korsakov⁽⁵⁰⁾	•
Robinson⁽⁵¹⁾	•
Schoenberg ⁽⁵²⁾		•
Serly ⁽⁵³⁾	•
Shinn ⁽⁵⁴⁾		•	•		•
Siegmeister ⁽⁵⁵⁾	•
Stainer ⁽⁵⁶⁾	•
Tapper ⁽⁵⁷⁾	•						•
Tchaikovsky ⁽⁵⁸⁾	•
Tischler ⁽⁵⁹⁾		•	•				•
Trotter ⁽⁶⁰⁾	•
Tweedy ⁽⁶¹⁾		•
Warburton ⁽⁶²⁾		•
Weidig ⁽⁶³⁾		•	•
York ⁽⁶⁴⁾		•					•
Total:	19	18	9	2	8	3	13

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Prepared by
Brent Yorgason, Managing Editor
Updated 03 June 2004