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Objectives
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Sight sing and improvise melodies that incorporate skips between tonic and dominant harmonies over a given chord progression in major or minor.
Demonstrate further proficiency in sight reading, improvising, and transcribing rhythms that incorporate 16th notes in compound time.
Transcribe chord progressions and melodies in examples from the repertoire that incorporate root-position tonic and dominant chords in major and minor.
Demonstrate further proficiency in distinguishing between perfect authentic, imperfect authentic, and half cadences in examples from the repertoire.
Preparation for Class
Preparation for Class
Read:
Read:
Read the following from Foundations of Aural Skills (Timothy Chenette):
Review the Reading The Do/Ti Test (as needed)
Watch
Watch
Tonic & Dominant in "Sweet Surrender"
Cynthia Gonzales (5 mins.)
Watch John Denver's "Sweet Surrender" and try to sing along with the tonic and dominant chords using the solfège provided.
In-Class Activities
In-Class Activities
Improvisation
Improvisation
Rhythmic Improvisation: Subdivision in Compound Time: Continued practice from Unit 2-2 improvising with subdivisions in compound time.
Improvisation Exercises: Try the melodic improvisation exercises in Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills (available online through the library)
Improvisation II: Dominant Chords (pp. 193–195)
Melodic Improvisation over I and V: Using the chord grid as a visual guide for your solfège, improvise a melody over the chord progression I - V - I - V. Start by just singing one chord tone per measure, moving as smoothly as possible to the next chord tone. Then, try skipping between two or more chord tones per measure or arpeggiating the chords in each measure. The entire class can improvise simultaneously, you can break into groups or sing solo. A chord player is provided below for use as a backing track for your improvisation. For extra practice, try adding in some of the rhythms from the chord grid above into your improvisation!
Chord Grid (I - V - I - V)
Chord Player: I - V - I - V (in Bb major) or i - V - i - V (in A minor)
Click the +/- buttons next to "Key Change" to quickly transpose the key.
Experiment with different styles and instruments using the "Instr" and "Style" settings at the top.
Experiment with different progressions. Try I - I - I - V, or I - I - V - I
Alternatively, try one of the other online chord players like Musicca Chord Player or ChordChord.
Sight Reading
Sight Reading
Melodic Sight-Reading: Practice sight-singing melodies that incorporate skips between I and V chords in major and minor.
Rhythm Sight-Reading: Continued work with rhythms in compound time that incorporate 16th note subdivisions (no dotted 8ths or 16th rests). See the section "16th Notes (no dotted 8ths)."
Aural ID and Dictation
Aural ID and Dictation
Aural Anthology (Transcription with I & V): See examples in the following sections:
Chord Dictation with I & V: All of these examples use only root-position I and V chords. Listen and transcribe the chords and harmonic rhythm (for example: | I | I | V | V | or | I V | I V | I | V |) Listen for phrase endings and cadences.
Melodic Dictation: Transcribe the chord progression (or start with a progression from your instructor), then transcribe the melodic notes you hear in each measure using solfege, note names, or scale degrees. As an example: | M D | S F R | M R D | R |. If there's time, try to transcribe the rhythm as well.
Transcription: Transcribe the melody and the chords for each example given.
Aural Anthology (Cadences): Navigate to the first section, "Authentic & Half Cadences" and practice identifying the cadences you hear as Authentic (IAC or PAC) or Half (HC).
Theory Anthology: Use the music theory anthology to find additional examples of tonic-dominant harmony or cadences ID for dictation.
Practice
Practice
Auralia:
Chord Progressions: Levels 1a–1c
Chord Recognition: Level 1a
Counterpoint Singing: All Levels
Melodic Dictation: Levels 4a–4b
Melodic Motion: Level 1
Part Dictation: Levels 1a–1c
Pop Chord Progressions: Level 1a
Rhythm Dictation: Level 7b
Rhythm Element Dictation: Levels 4a, 4b
Musition:
Rhythm Tapping: Level 6a
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