Music Theory REsources

Unit 1

Auditation

• • Melodic patterns*

  • Intervals*

Meter

• • Visual Alignment*

  • Aural Recognition/Patterns

Sight Singing

• • 4 measure examples

  • Mixed Modality/Chromaticism

  • Timed practice

Melodic Dictation

• • 4 measure examples

  • Minor Keys

  • Timed practice

Unit 2

Chordal Identification

• • Building*

  • Sonority

  • Inversions*

Roman Numeral Analysis

• • Application in Minor Keys

Figured Bass

• • Function/Notation

• • Realization to Roman NumeralsOpen Score Realization in all keys

Cadences

• • Function/Construction

  • Aural Recognition

Harmonic Dictation

• • 2-Voice Dictation Only

Unit 3

18th Century Voice Leading

• • General Rules for Good Voicing

  • Melodic Errors

  • Harmonic Errors

Harmonic Progression

• • General Rules for Tonal Support

  • 4 Progression Patterns

Harmonic Dictation

• • 2-Voice Dictation

  • Harmonic Progression Applied

  • Timed practice

Unit 4

Melodic Harmonization

• • Tonal Support

  • Harmonic Progression Applied

  • Bass Line Composition

Secondary Chords

• • Function/Identification

  • Construction

  • Application in a Quartet Realization

  • Application in Harmonic Dictation

Non-Chord Tones

• • Function/Identification

  • 9 Types of Non-Chord Tones

  • Aural Recognition

Unit 5

Clef Reading

• • Alto/Tenor Clefs

Transposition

• • Interval/Clef

  • Tonal

  • Instrumental Families

Melodic Structure

• • Phrase Identification

  • Periodic Elements

Melodic Alteration

• • Sequences

  • Retrograde/Inversion

  • Augmentation/Diminution

Unit 6

Modes

• • Function/Identification

Texture

• • Monophony

  • Homophony/Homorhythmic

  • Polyphony

  • Heterophony

Miscellaneous Vocabulary

• • Performance Area Specific Terms

  • Dynamics

  • Tempo

  • Style