SECTION I - chord spelling and identification
TOPICS (upper case abbreviations refer to my computer files)

1) What your rudiments teacher should already have taught you, or what you should already know (or what you need to review): key signatures, intervals, cycle of fifths, solfa basics - also: "key-area" chromatic scale and "hot" notes in the key (CHROMSCL) (RELKEY) - solfa basics

2) - the "SATB" style: ranges, spacing, voicing, doubling (STYLE) - KEYBOARD style

3) - types of triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented) - types of 7th chords (maj7, 7th, m7, m7b5, dim7) - chord spelling (CHR-ID)

4) - chord symbols: - using Roman numerals to show scale step and sound (RONUM1)

5) - chord writing: triads, sevenths, inversions (CHRD-WRI)

6) - figured bass principles - figured bass realization, single chord (FIGBASS)

7) - figured bass cont'd: from given chorale phrases (REAL-FIG) - spelling / figuring of V7 & inversions (V7FIGURE)

8) - chord symbols - comparison of chord symbols with figured bass

9) - secondary V7's: spelling, scale-step/key relationship (SECV7SPL)

10) - harmonic analysis of passages from JSB chorales (inc. sec. V7's) (JSB-1)

*** SECTION II - voice-leading and chord progression

11) - 2-part counterpoint: types of motion (MOTION) - illegal consecutives

12) - 4 principles of voice-leading: - #1 - tie-ability (TIEABLE) - #2 - economy (ECONOMY) - #3 - resolve-ability (RESABLE) - #4 - prepare-ability (PREPABLE)

13) - exercises in voice-leading, preparation, resolution

14) - V7 and inversions / I - concept: dissonance resolution (V7RESXMP) (V7ERROR) (V7-IINV); V7 - I6 NOT!

15) - perfect cadence - concept of phrase & harmonic rhythm (PERFCADE) - deceptive cadence

16) - approach to V / imp. cadence (HALFCADE)

17) - minor scale problems and solutions - approach to raised 7 in minor (MINOR-LN)

18) - cadential 6/4 (CADENC64)

19) - metre / accent / harmonic rhythm - NO FILE

20) - melody writing (MELODY) - pgs 1-15

21) - 1st inversion triads (63CHORDS) - idioms I6 - vii6 - I6; phrygian cadence (iv6 - V in minor) - harmonic rhythm vs bass activity - assignments: SB + figures; B + figures; figures only

22) - figured bass written realization (FIGBASS2)

23) - harmonization of melodic phrases - JSB chorale phrases (MELHARM1)

24) - V9 & V13

25) - Non-Chord Tones

- printed HANDOUT

- labelling n-c tones (NONCHRD1) (APPOG1)

- assignment: sus's, prepared appog, accented pn 26) - Harmonic Formulas, Patterns, Sequences - root motion patterns - trtm't of 7th and roots falling 3, 5, 7 - standard ascending and descending bass (B-PTRNS) - sequence: Pachelbel - cycle of fifths; I-IV ii-V etc.; I iii vi I IV etc 27) - Harmonization: - fig. bass realization w. & w'out. melody - HARMONIZATION: phrases & melodies 28) - Preparation for next level: - sec. V7 : resolution, error detection (SECV7RES)



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