Year: 2008
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(compMus2) Quiz on Friday
Short Quiz on Friday, 11/14. Topics: Granular Synthesis Filters (general, and Digital)
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(compMus2) Sprectal Intro Reading
From the Roads, Read pp. 1075 – 1078 (up to first bold sub-heading on page), and pp. 541 – 577.
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(musTh1) Read Chapter 12
For Monday, 11/10, read chapter 12 in the Gauldin, on “Phrase Structure and Grouping.”
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(musTh1) Assignment-more Ch. 11
Due Monday, 11/10: Workbook p. 80, 2F. Realize the figured bass, provide a Roman numeral analysis, and put embellishing harmonies in parentheses. p. 81, 3B. Harmonize the melody. Try to use some embellishing I and IV harmonies. p. 84, 5C. Include all three voices in your reduction (two upper voices, and one lower voice). Start…
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(musTh1) Assignment: ch. 10 and ch. 11
Due Wednesday, with part being old and part being new. p. 69, 5D. The example has a four measure phrase followed by a three measure phrase. Be sure to place the Roman numerals for embellishing V7’s in parentheses. pp. 77 – 78, 1 (lines two and three), and 2A. Be sure to recognize the NHT’s…
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(compMus2) Easy Geotagging and Attribution
Two issues have come up from early attempts to upload, attribute, and geotag samples on Freesound. Geotagging is much easier than I have made it out to be. You don’t need to use Google Earth at all. It’s built in to Freesound. Once you’ve uploaded a sample, and it has passed moderation (which only takes…
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(musTh1) Dominant Seventh Chords
The Basics Dominant seventh chords, built on the fifth scale degree (with the leading tone raised in minor), are the only diatonic seventh chords to have a Mm7 quality. Since the interval of a seventh is dissonant by definition, chordal sevenths are tendency tones, and seventh chords require special treatment with regard to the approach…
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(musTh1) Assignment – Writing Dominant Seventh Chords
Due Wednesday, 10/29: wkbk: pp. 65 – 67, #2 A – P; #3 A – H. Read the instructions carefully for both.
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(musTh1) Gradebook Fixed (?)
I received advice about the problem with gradebook reports not showing up for you. It was my fault for having a weighted grading scale with one category (absences) equalling 0%. Sorry. I’ve fixed that problem, and you should be able to view your grades now. The only thing to keep in mind is that if…
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(compMus2) Some thoughts about composition
in no particular order… Interesting compositions tend to have more than one layer of activity going on at any given time. In traditional acoustic classical music we may think of this as harmony and melody, but it could also include multiple contrapuntal lines, or a slow background harmonic movement, a middle ground harmonic accompaniment. For…