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LRC Theory Tutor: Michael Tran. Contact him via email at [email protected] or through the learning resource center at [email protected] or 909.869-3502
Week 1 and 2: Introduction. Secondary dominant and secondary leading tone chords. Deceptive resolutions of secondary dominant chords.
Reading: Kostka, chapters 16 and 17
In-class Analysis: Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Star Spangled Banner. Selected classical repertoire excerpts (handouts), Bach Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1(handout), Bach chorale excerpt from the self test at the end of Chapter 17.
Homework: Identifying Secondary Dominant Chords handout. Due Monday of Week 3.
Musicianship Quiz #1: prepared singing from the Kodaly book, pgs. 88-89. Monday or Wednesday of week 3.
Supplementary Video: Secondary Dominants in Popular Music
Reading: Kostka, chapters 16 and 17
In-class Analysis: Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Star Spangled Banner. Selected classical repertoire excerpts (handouts), Bach Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1(handout), Bach chorale excerpt from the self test at the end of Chapter 17.
Homework: Identifying Secondary Dominant Chords handout. Due Monday of Week 3.
Musicianship Quiz #1: prepared singing from the Kodaly book, pgs. 88-89. Monday or Wednesday of week 3.
Supplementary Video: Secondary Dominants in Popular Music
Week 3: Secondary Dominants continued. Borrowed Chords.
In class Analysis: Bach C major prelude (continued). Songs by Radiohead and David Bowie and "Remember Me" from Coco that use the minor iv chord and/or the half-diminshed ii chord in a major key. Use of the fully-diminished vii chord in a major key. Picardy 3rd.
Reading: Kostka: Chapter 21, pgs. 346-350
Musicianship Quiz #2: interval identification. Either Monday or Wednesday of Week 4.
Homework: Chorale Setting: Secondary dominant, seconndary leading-tone, and borrowed chords. Due Monday of week 4.
In class Analysis: Bach C major prelude (continued). Songs by Radiohead and David Bowie and "Remember Me" from Coco that use the minor iv chord and/or the half-diminshed ii chord in a major key. Use of the fully-diminished vii chord in a major key. Picardy 3rd.
Reading: Kostka: Chapter 21, pgs. 346-350
Musicianship Quiz #2: interval identification. Either Monday or Wednesday of Week 4.
Homework: Chorale Setting: Secondary dominant, seconndary leading-tone, and borrowed chords. Due Monday of week 4.
Week 4: Modes of the major scale
In class analysis: selected folk, classical and popular songs. Modes as they are sxpressed through melodies and chord progressions
Reading: Kostka pgs. 453-455
Musicianship Quiz #3: triad identification
In class analysis: selected folk, classical and popular songs. Modes as they are sxpressed through melodies and chord progressions
Reading: Kostka pgs. 453-455
Musicianship Quiz #3: triad identification
Week 5: Modes continued, Transposing instruments
In class analysis: excerpt form Mozart Clarinet Concerto K. 622
Supplementary videos: Modes
What is a motif?
In class analysis: excerpt form Mozart Clarinet Concerto K. 622
Supplementary videos: Modes
What is a motif?
Week 6: Transposing continued. Melodic and Harmonic sequences, motivic manipulations
Reading: Kostka Appendix A
Musicianship: one-octave modes. singing. Wednesday of week 6
Supplementary video: transposing instruments
Reading: Kostka Appendix A
Musicianship: one-octave modes. singing. Wednesday of week 6
Supplementary video: transposing instruments
Weeks 7-8: Harmonic sequences continued , review for midterm, modulations (common chord, secondary dominant, direct)
Reading: Kostka chapter
In class analysis: Selected popular songs, Beatles "Penny Lane", Bach Sarabande and Double from the first violin partita
MIDTERM: Monday week 8
Supplementary videos: common chord modulations
modulating to distant keys (advanced video)
Reading: Kostka chapter
In class analysis: Selected popular songs, Beatles "Penny Lane", Bach Sarabande and Double from the first violin partita
MIDTERM: Monday week 8
Supplementary videos: common chord modulations
modulating to distant keys (advanced video)
Week 9: Modulations continued (common tone) Jazz music theory: ii, V, I progressions, back cycling, tri-tone substitutions, 9th, 11th, 13th chords, altered chords, chord substitutions, ii-V substitutions
In class analysis: How High the Moon, A Foggy Day, My Funny Valentine
Musicianship: Interval Identification
Homework: Mozart string quintet analysis Due Monday of week 10
In class analysis: How High the Moon, A Foggy Day, My Funny Valentine
Musicianship: Interval Identification
Homework: Mozart string quintet analysis Due Monday of week 10
Weeks 10/11: Elements of style: Jazz and blues. Altered dominant chords
In class analysis: standard blues form, minor blues form (The Thrill is Gone), Footprints, All Blues
Musicianship: Chord Identification
Homework: All the Things You Are analysis. Dues Wednesday of week 12
Supplementary Videos: Antecedent/Consequent Phrases
Upper Structures
Video Game music analysis
In class analysis: standard blues form, minor blues form (The Thrill is Gone), Footprints, All Blues
Musicianship: Chord Identification
Homework: All the Things You Are analysis. Dues Wednesday of week 12
Supplementary Videos: Antecedent/Consequent Phrases
Upper Structures
Video Game music analysis
