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Objectives
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Demonstrate further proficiency sight-reading, improvising, and transcribing excerpts that incorporate review topics including secondary dominants, modulation, and chromatic embellishing tones.
Sight-read and accurately perform rhythms in simple meters with beat notes other than quarter notes (e.g. 3/8, 4/16, 2/2).
Aurally distinguish between simple and rounded binary forms, and classify them as either continuous or sectional binary forms.
Aurally analyze a musical excerpt in binary form using an audio annotation tool such as BriFormer; identify phrase structure, cadences, key areas, and formal sections.
Preparation for Class
Preparation for Class
Read:
Read:
Less Common Meters (Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills, pp. 270–271) - Available online through the library
Watch
Watch
Briformer Intro
(Brian Jarvis, 15mins)
Briformer is an online tool for creating annotated analyses of audio recordings. It's a great way to aurally analyze phrase structure, key areas, and sections in a large forms.
If you haven't used it before, watch this video, pick out a YouTube link, and try it out here.
References
References
Examples of Simple Meters with Different Beat Units
Image Credit: Sarah Louden
Binary Form
Image Credit: Open Music Theory
Binary Form Summary Handout
(Source: Toby Rush)
Lesson Materials
Lesson Materials
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading
Melodic Sight-Reading (Review): Continued review with chromatic embellishing tones, secondary dominant outlines, and modulation.
Rhythm Sight Reading (Other Simple Meters): Sight-reading in simple meters with beat notes other than quarter notes, e.g. 2/2, 3/8, 4/16, 4/2, etc. Some additional practice resources are provided below.
Foundational Sight-Singing: See the following sections: Divisions, p. 30 (nos. 1–5), Subdivisions, pp. 31–32 (nos. 6–7, 4, 8), Subdivisions & Rests: p. 54, and 3/8 examples in pp. 72ff.
Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, pp. 271–273
Improvisation
Improvisation
Melodic Improvisation (Continued Review): Improvise a melody using solfege over one of the following progressions, or compose your own progression using a secondary dominant or modulation. For an extra added challenge, incorporate rhythmic syncopation and/or ties into your improvisation.
Chord Players: F: | I | vi | V7/V | V7 | [Link]
A: | i | ♭III V7/♭VI | ♭VI iiø 7 | Cad 64 V7 | [Link]
B♭: | I iii | IV ii |
E♭: vi | ii6 V7 | I | [Link]
See also the improvisation exercises in Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills: Secondary Dominants (in major), Secondary Dominants (in minor), and Modulation. (Available online through the library)
Aural ID & Dictation
Aural ID & Dictation
Online Worksheet: Contextual listening with form. Guided listening questions and form ID. See Exercise 34-2 in Multimodal Musicianship. (Instructor solution available.)
Large-Scale Listening: Use BriFormer to create a form diagram of a piece in binary form by ear without the use of the score. Select a piece from the anthology and copy the YouTube link (or mp3) into BriFormer. Listen and ID cadences (labeled by type) and key areas where each begins. Group phrases to indicate phrase structure using lowercase letters (e.g. a, a', b) and formal sections using uppercase letters (e.g. A, A', B). Identify the form as simple or rounded binary and as either continuous or sectional. Work together in groups, then compare your work with the class. Discuss any differences in analysis. If there's time, transcribe one of the phrases.
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