What Is a Corelli Long Comma?

A term coined by John A. Rice.

A Corelli Long Comma is a three-part variant of the Long Comma with a 6/5 sonority above ⑥ and a 9–8 suspension (or a non-essential dissonance) above ①. Since the fifth in the 6/5 sonority –➌– acts as a suspension, it must be prepared.

See also Clausulæ.

See also Comma.

See also Long Comma.

Select Bibliography

Gjerdingen, Robert O. Music in the Galant Style (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).

Rice, John A. Climbing Monte Romanesca: Eighteenth-Century Composers in Search of the Sublime (Unpublished Essay, 2017), https://www.academia.edu/32429345/ (accessed 5 March 2024).