Month: October 2009
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(musTh1) Assignment 10: Chapter 3
Due Monday, 11/2 (we’re trying to catch up) Workbook Exercises with instructions as listed below (THESE DIFFER FROM THE BOOK IN SOME CASES): Exercise 3.1 Provide a Roman numeral examples 3.1 and 3.2 (Mozart and Verdi). For both of these examples, indicate the role of the subdominant harmony (tonic prolongation [T-prol], or predominant [PD]). A…
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(musth1) Tonic, Dominant, and Principles of Prolongation
Scale Degree Tendencies in the Dominant Harmony It is important to think about the scale degrees present in any harmony. For the dominant triad you have scale degrees 5, 7, and 2. The leading tone (7) strongly wants to resolve to tonic (1). The supertonic (2) also wants to resolve to either tonic (1) or…
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(musth1) Assignment 9: Chapter 2
Due Friday, 10/30: Wkbk Ex. 2.3: a, b, c, e, f (pp. 42 – 43) Be sure to follow the instructions for each example. It would also be a very good idea to label the scale degrees of the soprano (above the soprano), in addition to the required Roman numerals below the bass.
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(orch) String Orchestration Assignment
Due 10/27/09: Orchestrate two different excerpts from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for some combination of strings (3 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass, harp). You must include the harp in one of the excerpts. Excerpt 1: The opening Promenade, mm. 1 – 16 (the first two beats of m. 16, ending on…
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(musTh1) Basic Voice Leading
Voice leading refers to the way you move from one chord to another in four-part writing. My outline will basically cover two lists from the textbook – on pp. 142 – 145, and p. 147. The textbook refers to the first list as the “nine basic rules of voice leading,” but the first is really…
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(musTh1) Four-Part Writing (Voicing)
We use four-part writing (SATB), or part-writing, to aid in our study of harmony – specifically, the horizontal movement between harmonies. The four parts are Soprano (S), Alto (A), Tenor (T), and Bass (B). The range for each voice for part-writing purposes is smaller than what a trained vocalist could easily sing. Simplifying from the…
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(musTh1) Assignment 8: Chord Connection
Due Wednesday, 10/7: Due Friday, 10/9: Wkbk pp. 38 – 39, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 For 1.2, remember the technique for writing close- or open-spaced chords. With close-spaced chords, pick a moderately low soprano note, and proceed down through the Alto and Tenor voices without skipping any chord tones. The Bass can be any distance, and…