Category: musicTheory3
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(musTh211) Assignment 8, more bII
Due Wednesday, 9/12/07 Wkbk: pp. 270 – 271, #6 B, D, E (analyze and answer questions) Bring Anthology to class on Wednesday.
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(musTh211) Assignment 7: bII6
updated Due Monday, 9/10: Wkbk: p. 266, #2A-G #2A-F (see comments) (remember that in major you will also have to lower ^6 to make a proper bII.) Also, take a look at the comments below this post, which refer to this assignment (p. 266).
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(musTh211) A Better Way to Keep Up With this Blog
I mentioned subscribing to this blog’s RSS feed in class a couple of times, and I know some of you are already doing this. But I think that most of you probably aren’t making use of this feature, and it really is one of the cool and very helpful aspects of using a blog to…
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(musTh211) No New Assignment Due Friday (9/7)
It’s mid-week amnesty time. There is no new assignment for Friday, 9/7. Finish any of your outstanding (as in not-turned-in) assignments and turn them in. Remember that all of your grades are available on Gradebook. You should check Gradebook regularly, both to keep track of your current grade average, and to make sure that I’ve…
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(musTh211) Modal Exchange Review
Important Concept: When you use Roman numerals to label harmonies, you are identifying three things: The scale degree of the root of the chord The type and quality of the chord (triad, seventh chord, major, minor, etc.) The bass or inversion of the chord If the root of the chord contains the “borrowed” scale degree,…
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(musTh211) Tutoring, more options
Scott Blasco [scottblasco (at) gmail (dot) com] is another free tutoring option available to all students in 200- and 100-level classes. Scott is a doctoral student and graduate assistant in the composition program. The Learning Center in the North Quad building also offers free tutoring. A previously mentioned option is also still available.
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(musTh211) Assignment 6: Modal Exchange 2
Due Wednesday, 9/5 Workbook, p. 258, #4 (You make changes with accidentals to supply appropriate modal mixture chords, and label the result with Roman numerals.) And don’t forget to check out Assignment 5. (especially you slackers that took the morning off!)
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(musTh211) Review Materials: Part-Writing Tips
Goal In part-writing exercises, the goal is to create smooth movement between harmonies while keeping the four voices relatively independent. Smooth Movement Means: Step-wise motion dominates. (the bass exhibits more leaps, but still moves mainly by step) Common tones between two successive harmonies will usually be kept in the same voice. No large leaps (>5),…
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(musTh211) Review Materials: Writing and Resolving V7 Chords
Resolving The Dominant Seventh Chord Both Chords Complete Both chords can be complete only if the leading tone is not in the soprano. The chordal seventh (ˆ4) always resolves to scale degree ˆ3, downward by step. There are no exceptions! If the leading tone of a V7 occurs in an inner voice, it will normally…
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View my calendar online
Under the “GENERAL INFORMATION” header on the right I’ve posted a link to my online calendar. (Use command-click or right-click to open in a new window.) If you have a Google account, you can subscribe to my calendar, and can make it appear alongside yours when you’re logged in. Alas, you can’t tell what I’m…