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Hi

just wanted to make sure I've got this right. In the harmony you are allowed ...root,third and fifth of the key .

like this ?

Horn fifths are what he has in the first three notes of the excerpt. They have their own name because they're an acceptable instance of "hidden fifths", in which a perfect fifth is approached by similar motion. It's the inevitable result of having unvalved brass play in harmony together and you'll find it absolutely everywhere in Baroque and Classical music.

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Are the secundal clashes an intentional modernism?

nope...i want to add a harmony to each note using horn fifths. So i ( perhaps incorrectly ) thought any note could be harmonised with either ....f,a,c,.....those where my only choices....is that wrong ?

unless i am misunderstanding what horn fifths are, and they are in fact, just the first three notes ?

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unless i am misunderstanding what horn fifths are, and they are in fact, just the first three notes ?

It's a bit of a misnomer because they're not an interval but a series of intervals played one after the other. It is just the first three notes (which could alternatively be played in the reverse order as well).

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