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	Note:   This is an organic document!  It will change.  You are responsible for what is on this page, not a copy you made at the beginning of the semester.
	The dates given in the right column are the due dates, not the day we will work on assignments in class. If there is ever a problem with an assignment (technology problem, don't understand it, can't find it, etc.) do not wait until the due date (or time) to explain your problem.

Week 1   

(beginning August 27)

Placement exams will take place on Monday and Tuesday

Chapter 1:  Elements of Pitch

Overtone series

Overtone series and tuning

Definitions:  pitch note music score

Notation history

Musical notation can be understood as a set of instructions indicating to the performer how the composer wished the music to sound.

Origin of Music Notation

Staff, clefs

Staff/Clefs

Medieval example

Clefs Combined to Illustrate Spatial Relationship

Brush up on reading bass and treble clef

Notation Basics

Print this for your reference

Octave identification

Octave Designations

Keyboard

Assignments Due:

	Wed Aug29	Put this webpage link on your desktop
	Wed Aug29	Set email preferences in WebCT
		WebCT setup Log into WebCT here Choose "My Settings" at the top Click on the "My Tool Options" tab and check the box that says "Forward all mail messages to the e-mail address in my profile" Click on "My Settings" again Click on the "My Profile" tab, and then "Edit Profile" Fill in the E-mail address that you actually check and save. Click "Done"
	Fri Aug31	Clicker class key  I23619K889
		Clicker registration
	Fri Aug31	Print Notation Basics Read it and be familiar with guidelines for notation

Week 2   

(beginning September 3)

no class on Monday, Labor Day holiday

Circle of 5ths

Circle of Fifths

Blank Circle of Fifths

Key Signature Practice 

Flashcards

Major scales and keys

Names of Scale Degrees

Major scales

Minor scales and keys

Minor scales

  Recognizing scales in real music

Assignments Due:

	Tues Sep 4	Print a copy of Solfege Daily Routine This is a Finale file and must be printed on a computer that has this program.  Print it in the computer lab if you don't have it on your computer.  Change the view to "Page View" before printing for proper formatting.
	Wed Sep5	Quiz#2 Scale degrees
	Fri Sep7	Assignment #1 Print 2 copies of this Blank Circle of Fifths Bring them to class on Thursday for an explanation of your assignment.
	Fri Sep7	Computer Lab #1 Interval recognition: 2nds and 3rds

Week 3   

(beginning September 10)

Intervals

Interval Basics

Intervals calculated by half steps

Half steps Worksheet

Avoiding enharmonic mistakes

Interval inversions

List of songs to recognize intervals

Music Memory Devices

Interval examples in real music

Assignments Due:

	Thur Sep13	Interval memory choices
	Fri Sep14	Quiz#3:  Chapter 1 Test
	Fri Sep14	Computer Lab #2 Scale recognition: Major, Natural minor, Harmonic minor, Melodic minor

Week 4   

(beginning September 17)

Chapter 2:  Elements of Rhythm

Simple/compound meter

Simple and Compound Meter

Simple and Compound Meter Flash

Duple/Triple/Simple/Compound Meters Listening Examples

Recognition of meters in real music

 Meter and Beaming

Meter Identification Worksheet

Meter Identification Worksheet 2

Earth Angel

Locomotion

Mr. Bojangles

Scotch and Soda

Modes

Modes: Explanation and audio examples

Modes

with Scorch files

Modes Made Easy

"I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot"

Assignments Due:

	Mon Sep17	Assignment #2 Workbook Ex. 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 (A, B, & C only)
	Tues Sep 18	ET Exam #1 SS Exam #1
	Fri Sep21	Assignment #3 Workbook:  Exercise  2-4
	Fri Sep14	Computer Lab #3 Interval recognition:  Perfects and TT

Week 5   

(beginning September 24)

Review relative minor

All intervals (construction)

Chapter 3:  Triads and Seventh Chords

How to build a chord

Triad inversions

4 Types of Triads/Inversions/Figured Bass

Spell It In Thirds Worksheet

Interval and triad inversions

Assignments Due:

Mon Sep24

Quiz#4 Mode names in order (spelling counts!)

	Fri Sep28	Assignment #4 Spell It in Thirds Worksheet This is a Finale file and so will have to be printed from a computer with Finale or Finale Notepad loaded.
	Fri Sep28	Computer Lab #4 Interval recognition:  6ths and 7ths

Week 6   

(beginning October 1)

Intro to 7th Chords

7th Chord Inversions

http://www.musictheory.net/legacy/swf/id44.swf

Roman numeral analysis

Reminder:  Figured bass and chord types

Assignments Due:

	Mon Oct1	Quiz#5 Triad and 7th chord inversion figured bass symbols
	Fri Oct 5	Assignment #5 Workbook:  Exercise 3-1 and 3-2
	Fri Oct5	Computer Lab #5  Chord recognition:  M, m, d, A

Week 7   

(beginning October 8)

Review for MidTerm Exam with Practice Test (Monday)

MidTerm Exam Thursday, Oct. 11

Assignments Due:

	Thu Oct11	MidTerm Exam
	Fri Oct12	Computer Lab #6 Chord progressions:I, IV, V

Week 8   

(beginning October 15)

Chapter 4:  Diatonic Chords in Major and Minor Keys

Diatonic triads

Diatonic 7th Chords

Voicing chords

Analysis #1

Lead sheet symbols

Assignments Due:

	Lab Oct15& 16	ET Exam #1 SS Exam #1
	Fri Oct19	Assignment #6 Workbook:Exercise 4-1, 4-2
	Fri Oct19	Computer Lab #7 Interval recognition:  all major intervals

Week 9   

(beginning October 22)

Chapter 5:  Principles of Voice Leading

Melodies:  Song List

How to harmonize a soprano line

Assignments Due:

	Tue/Oct23	Bring in a listening example of I, IV, V You need to be able to leave it with me, so put it on a disk or zip it
	Wed Oct24	Quiz #6 Voice-leading vocabulary
	Fri/Oct26	Computer Lab #8 Pitch dictation
	Fri/Oct26	Assignment #7 Workbook:  Exercise 5-1 through 5-3

Week 10 

(beginning October 29)

Chapter 6:  Part Writing

Introduction to Finale

Finale Page

Assignments Due:

	Wed/Oct31	Wear a costume for extra credit (Quiz #7)
	Fri Nov2	Computer Lab #9 Rhythm dictation Note:  the metronome will click off a full measure of eighth notes before beginning (6 clicks before 6/8, 9 clicks before 9/8, etc.)  You may change the tempo using the control at the top of the screen.
	Fri Nov 2	Assignment #8 Finale assignment (instructions are on Finale page linked to your left) Assignment #8 score

Week 11 

(beginning November 5)

Melodic Organization

 Finale Notepad does not have all of the features of the full Finale program as installed in the computers in the piano lab.

Melodies

Assignments Due:

	Mon/Nov5	Assignment #9 Harmonization exercise (handout)
	Fri Nov9	Composition #1 Composition Assignments
	Fri Nov9	Computer Lab #10 Combination assessment

Week 12 

(beginning November 12)

Chapter 7:  Harmonic Progression

Sweet Home Chicago

Mr. Postman

Chapter 11:  Non-Chord Tones

Assignments Due:

	Tue Nov13	ET & SS Exam #3 during lab time
	Wed Nov14	Quiz #8 Harmonic progressions:  Major and minor modes

Week 13 

(beginning November 19)

Non-Chord Tones continued

Non-harmonic tones in Flash

Non-harmonic tones

Non chord tones

http://www.tonalityguide.com/tkembellishing.php

Decorative pitches (melodic embellishments)

Nonharmonic tones from real excerpts

No class on Wednesday because of SS Proficiency Tests

No class on Thurs. or Fri (Thanksgiving holiday)

Assignments Due:

	Mon Nov19	Assignment #10 Workbook:  Exercise p. 59 (only 1-4) Harmonize as specified according to traditional harmonic progression (as in Quiz #8)
	Mon Nov19	Quiz #9 Non-harmonic tones

Composition Assignments

Accompaniment patterns

More patterns

Week 14 

(beginning November 26)

For those of you who doubt the importance of establishing tonality in your compositions, here's a Christmas funny

Assignments Due:

	Wed Nov28	Composition #2
	Fri Nov30	Quiz#10:  Compilation of Quizzes 1-9

Week 15 

(beginning December 3)

Review for Final Exam

Last day of class is Thursday, Dec. 6

Final Exam:

Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 11:30am

Circle of Fifths template for practice

It really is!

Other scales

Scales analyzed by intervals

Pentatonic Scale

Chromatic Scale

Whole Tone Scale

Blues Scale

Octatonic Scale

Phrases and cadences

Cadences

Everyone has passed Key Signature Proficiency

Everyone has passed Note Proficiency

Proficiency Links

Key Signature Drill #1

Note reading Drill

Note speed reading Drill

Lab

Air on a G String (Bobby McFerrin)

The link below leads to MP3 files of the recorded exercises for Ear Training: A Technique For Listening, 6th Edition, by Benward and Kolosick. Each MP3 file contains the exercises marked R in the textbook; each individual exercise in the section is preceded by a voice announcement. You can use these files to complete the exercises in your workbook.

Benward Ear Training MP3 Files

Music Memory Game

Downloads

Solfege Daily Routine     Arpeggios     Problem Intervals

Tonic Recognition and Name the Scale Degree

Interactive Solfege

Sight-singing Quiz #1

Week 4

Solfege syllables

Hand signs chart (printable version)

Animated hand signs to follow

Chromatic hand signs

Songs to remember the intervals

Practice interval recognition here

1. Check the boxes for m2, M2, m3, M3 only

2. Choose "help" and "both" in the drop-down boxes in the lower right

3. Click the "Big Ears" button to hear the interval and the "Repeat" button right below it to hear it again.

4. Check the window to the right of these 2 buttons for the correct answer

Quiz consists of 3 items

1. Solfege Daily Routine #2 in major (memorized) sung with syllables and with hand signs

2. An at-sight melody from sources unknown to you, but like Ottman, Chapter 2 #61, 63, 77, 80, 91, 92, 104 (in a major key, treble clef)

3. Two intervals selected from m2, M2, m3, M3 (up or down)

Point Distribution

1. SDR and melody

   -3 pts per incorrect pitch

   -2 pts per incorrect rhythm

   -1 pt per incorrect syllable

    

2. intervals

   -10 points per incorrect interval (-5 on 2nd try)

Ear-training Quiz #1

Week 4

Melodic and rhythmic dictation drills

Drill intervals here

Choose "intervals", then "ear-training" on the left, then  only major and minor 2nds and 3rds as your options.

Quiz consists of 4 items

1. A melodic dictation (2-4 bars, conjunct motion) from M1A

2. A six-note pitch pattern in major

3. 6 intervals selected from m2, M2, m3, M3 (label and write notes)

4. A rhythm pattern in 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4 (8 beats)

1. 28 points

2. 24 points

3. 24 points

4. 24 points

Sight-singing Quiz #2

Week 8

Quiz consists of 3 items

1. Solfege Daily Routine #4 in major (memorized)

2. An at-sight melody from sources unknown to you, but like Ottman, Chapter 3 #114, 121, 136, 137, 138, 142, 144 (in a major key, some tonic triad leaps, handsigns, treble or bass clef)

3. Two intervals selected from P4, P5, and P8 (up or down)

Point Distribution

1. SDR and melody

   -3 pts per incorrect pitch

   -2 pts per incorrect rhythm

   -1 pt per incorrect syllable

   -1 point per incorrect handsign

    

2. intervals

   -10 pts per incorrect interval (-5 on 2nd try)

Ear-training Quiz #2

Week 8

Quiz consists of 4 items

1. A melodic dictation from Benward M2A

2. A seven-note pitch pattern in minor (includes skips)

3. 6 intervals selected from P4, P5 and P8 (label and write notes)

4. A rhythm pattern in 6/8 (up to 6 beats) from R2A

1. 24 points

2. 28 points

3. 24 points

4. 24 points

Sight-singing Quiz #3

Week 12

Quiz consists of three items

1. Solfege Daily Routine #2 in harmonic minor(memorized)

2. An at-sight melody from sources unknown to you, but like Ottman, Chapter 5 #258, 263, 265, 268, 271, 272, 277, 278, 279, 280 (in minor, starting on do or sol, tonic triad leaps, no hand signs)

3. Two intervals selected from m6, M6, m7, M7(up or down)

Point Distribution

1. SDR and melody

   -3 pts per incorrect pitch

   -2 pts per incorrect rhythm

   -1 pt per incorrect syllable

   -1 pt per incorrect handsign

    

2. intervals

   -10 pts per incorrect interval (-5 on 2nd try)

Ear-training Quiz #3

Week 12

Quiz consists of 6 items

1. a melodic dictation from Benward M4A

2. 3 intervals (m6, M6, m7, M7 label and write notes)

3. a 7-note pitch pattern in minor (includes skips in i and V)

4. 3 chords to identify (M,m) from Benward H3E

5. 2 four-chord progressions, one major and one minor, using I, IV and V (from Benward H2A)

6. a rhythm from Benward R3A

1. 22 points
2. 12 points
3. 14 points
4. 12 points
5. 16 points
6. 24 points

Sight-singing Quiz #4 (Optional)

Last lab class

Quiz consists of 2 items from previous quizzes

1. An at-sight major melody, like Ottman Chapter 3 SS#2

2. An at-sight major melody, like Ottman Chapter 5 SS#3

Point Distribution

1. Major melody

   -3 pts per incorrect pitch

   -2 pts per incorrect rhythm

   -1 pt per incorrect syllable

   -1 pt per incorrect handsign

    

2. Minor melody

   -3 pts per incorrect pitch

   -2 pts per incorrect rhythm

   -1 pt per incorrect syllable

Ear-training Quiz #4 (Optional)

Last lab class

Drill intervals here

Interval Pre-Test

Check your aural recognition of intervals before the test

Quiz consists of 5 items from previous ear-training quizzes

1. a melodic dictation from Benward M2A

2. a 7-note pitch pattern in minor (includes skips in i and V)

3. 6 intervals selected from all intervals

4. 3 four-chord progressions, two major and one minor, using I(i), IV(iv) and V (from Benward H2A)

5. a rhythm in 6/8 from R2A

The key will be passed out immediately afterwards.

Point Distribution

1. 26 points
2. 14 points
3. 24 points
4. 16 points
5. 20 points

DOWNLOADS

Song List

Staff Paper  

 Staff Paper/Keyboard

Blank Circle of Fifths

Notation Basics

Stems, Ties, Beams, Accidentals

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