By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Demonstrate further proficiency in sight reading, improvising, and transcribing rhythms that incorporate ties and 16th note rests in compound time.
Sight sing and improvise melodies that include cadential six-four chords in progressions in major or minor.
Transcribe chord progressions and melodies in examples from the repertoire that incorporate cadential six-four chords and identify chord function.
The following readings are from Foundations of Aural Skills (Timothy Chenette)
Try singing along with the solfège provided.
Rhythmic Improvisation: 16th Note Rests in Compound: Continued practice from Unit 4-1.
Melodic Improvisation (Chromatic Embellishing Tones): Improvise a melody over the following progression or compose your own with a cadential six-four, incorporating diatonic and chromatic embellishing tones.
Chord Grid: I - IV - Cad64 - V - I
Chord Players: I - IV - Cad64 - V - I (in AbM) or i - iv - Cad64 - V - i (in Gm)
Melodic Sight-Reading: Continue practice with sight-reading melodies in the section "Leaps/Skips to or from Chromatic Tones"
Rhythm Sight-Reading: Continue practice with sight-reading rhythms in the section "Adding 16th Rests & Ties."
Aural Anthology: Listen to examples in the section "Cadential 6-4 Chords." Transcribe the melody, bass, and Roman numerals.
Theory Anthology: See the section Cadential 6-4: Examples that only use I, ii, ii6, IV, and Inversions of V and V7" for additional examples for dictation practice.