Humdrum Exercise #6 - Answers

All of the following commands assume that you are located in the appropriate score directory.

7.

What is the highest pitch sung by a soprano part in any of Bach's chorale harmonizations? In which chorale does this note occur?

COMMAND:     extract -i '*Isoprn' bwv*.krn | census -k
ANSWER:         aa [i.e. A5]

COMMAND:     grep 'aa' bwv*.krn
ANSWER:         BWV 327

A complete answer would also identify the title of this work:

COMMAND:     grep '!!!OTL' bwv0327.krn
ANSWER:         Für deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit