Music Theory Daily Class Notes

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8/25/10 - Ch. 1, Elements of Pitch: Keyboard Layout; Parts of the staff;  Note reading in treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs; Octave Classificiations; Notational Symbols; Major Scales

8/26/10 and 8/27 - Ch. 1, Elements of Pitch: Major Scales; Key Signatures; Circle of Fifths; Scale Degrees; Minor Scales and Key Signatures

8/30/10 and 8/31 - Ch. 1, Elements of Pitch: Intervals, Inversions of Intervals

9/1/10 and 9/2/10 - Ch. 3, Triads

9/7/10 - Ch. 3, Seventh Chords

9/8/10 - Ch. 3, Inversions; Figured Bass; Lead-Sheet

9/9/10 - Ch. 3, Figured Bass; Lead-Sheet; Chords in Various Textures

9/10/10 - Ch. 2, Elements of Rhythm: Beat, Meter, Division of Beat, Simple and Compound Time Signatures

 9/13/10 - Ch. 2, Elements of Rhythm: Beaming, Time Signatures and Math

9/14/10 - Ch. 4, Diatonic Triads

9/15/10 - Ch. 4, Diatonic Triads in Context

9/16/10 - Ch. 4, Diatonic Seventh Chords

9/20/10 - Ch. 5, Principles of Voice Leading: The Melodic Line

9/22/10 - Ch. 5, Principles of Voice Leading: Part Writing introduction

9/23/10 - Ch. 5, Principles of Voice Leading: Motion

9/30/10 - Ch. 6, Root Position Part Writing: Repeated Roots and Roots a 4th or 5th apart

10/1/10 - Ch. 6, Root Position Part Writing: Roots a 3rd or 6th apart

10/4/10 - Ch. 6, Root Position Part Writing: Roots a 2nd or 7th apart

10/5/10 - Ch. 6, Root Position Part Writing: Using all Root Relationships

10/6/10 - Ch. 6, Part Writing Review

10/7/10 - Ch. 6, Part Writing Tips

10/11/10 - Ch. 6, Transposition

10/12/10 - Ch. 6, Using Transposition and Part Writing

10/14/10 - Ch. 8, Part Writing with 1st Inversion Chords

10/15/10 - Ch. 8, Part Writing with 1st Inversion Chords, cont.

10/18/10 - Ch. 8, Part Writing with 1st Inversion Chords, cont.

10/19/10 - Ch. 9, Part Writing with 2nd Inversion Chords, analysis

10/20/10 - Ch. 9, Part Writing with 2nd Inversion Chords

10/21/10 - Ch. 13, The V7 Chord

10/22/10 - Ch. 13, The V7 Chord Inversions

10/25/10 - Ch. 13, Approaching the V7 Chord

10/26/10 - Ch. 7, Harmonic Progression and Sequence

10/27/10 - Ch. 7, Harmonic Progression, The Circle of Fifths Progression in Major

10/28/10 - Ch. 7, Harmonic Progression, The Circle of Fifths Progression in minor; Harmonic Sequences

11/1/10 - Ch. 7, Harmonic Progression, Harmonizing a Melody

11/2/10 - Ch. 11, Non Chord Tones 1

11/3/10 - Ch. 11, Non Chord Tones 1 cont.

11/4/10 - Ch. 12, Non Chord Tones 2

11/5/10 - Ch. 12, Non Chord Tones 2 cont.

11/8/10 - Ch. 12, Non Chord Tones, problems with analysis

11/29/10 - Ch. 10, Cadences

11/30/10 - Ch. 10, Cadences, Motives, Phrases

12/1/10 - Ch. 16, Secondary Functions 1: Secondary Dominants

12/2/10 - Ch. 16, Secondary Functions 1: Secondary Dominants in context

12/3/10 - Ch. 17, Secondary Functions 2: Secondary Leading Tones

12/6/10 - Ch. 18, Modulations, introduction

12/7/10 - Ch. 18, Modulations, Common Chord Modulations

12/8/10 - Ch. 18, Harmonizing a Modulation

12/9/10 - Ch. 20, Larger Forms: Binary, Ternary, Rounded Binary

12/10/10 - Ch. 20, Larger Forms: 12 Bar Blues, Sonata Form, Rondo Form, Theme and Variations

12/13/10 - Ch. 28, Introduction to 20th Century Materials and Techniques

12/14/10 - Ch. 28, Synthetic Scales

1/3/10 - Ch. 28, Chord Structures

1/4/10 - Ch. 28, Rhythm and Meter