Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
The structure of the chords
Major scales
Minor scales
Major key signatures
Minor key signatures
Scale degrees |
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2) |
Intervals (P, M, m, aug, dim)
Inversions of intervals |
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3) |
Triads
Chord symbols (M, m, +, o, ø)
Seventh chords (M7, Mm, m7, o7, ø7).
Chord inversions
Inversion symbols
Lead-sheet symbols
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4) |
Diatonic chords and varieties in major and minors
Scale degrees and roman numeral system |
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5) |
The principles of chord progression
Open and close positions |
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6) |
Principles of chord progressions cont. |
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7) |
Chord progressions in root position triads and four parts |
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8) |
Mid term exam |
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9) |
Cont. three & four voices root position part writing |
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10) |
Voice leading in secondary chords |
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11) |
Four voice texture writing exercises |
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12) |
Voice leading in all scale degrees in majors and minors |
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13) |
Voice leading in all diatonic chords in maj-min tables & exercises |
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14) |
General overview |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Stefan Kostka, Tonal harmony, with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2004.
Stefan Kostka, Workbook for Tonal harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2013
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References: |
Stefan Kostka, Tonal harmony, with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2004.
Stefan Kostka, Workbook for Tonal harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2013
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