harmony

• the accompaniment is provided by the ground bass played by the bass viol and the left hand of the harpsichord
• chords are diatonic
• the are perfect cadences throughout the piece (as the ground bass ends with a v chord, then repeats again with a l chord)
• there are a couple of dissonances used for word painting, such a the word 'pains'
• another type of dissonance used is a 'false relation', like in bar 1 with the ground bass playing F sharp while the right hand plays F natural
• suspensions are used very occasionally. For example, there is a 4-3 suspension in bar 3 beat 4 1/2 in the harpsichord part
• the right hand of the harpsichord plays an elaborate realisation, which has been interpreted from the original figured bass