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1 Course Schedule 1 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Introduction to Syllabus and Course Requirements & Chapter 12 Tonic Confirmation o Preliminaries Chord Name and Qualities o The Cadence The Cadential 6 4 Cadential Pre-Dominants Chapter 12 Tonic Confirmation o Preliminaries Analyzing the Soprano Sketching the Bass o Chords of Dominant Function Passing 6 4 o Prolonging the Tonic Tonic-Dominant Tonic-Subdominant Tonic extension Deceptive Resolution Chapter 12 Tonic Confirmation o Composing a Tonal Homophony Designing the Bass Opening bass Gambits Continuing the bass to the cadence Adding Tenor and alto o Tonicization and Modulation o Creating a Local Tonic The role of ^7 and ^4 Assignment T2-01 Cadences (Available on LEARN) Assignment T2-02 WB & 12.9 (Available on LEARN) Assignment T2-03 WB 12.2 & 12.3 Group Assignments Pitch: I, IV, V & V 7 Alto Clef Rhythm: Dots and Ties Quiz 1 (Practice) During the week: Initial Keyboard meetings with all students. 1 Subject to change at the instructor s discretion. 2 WB = Workbook for Harmony Through Melody by Charles Horton and Lawrence Ritchey. All assignments from this workbook are available on LEARN.

2 2 Jan 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 o Melody analysis Tonicizing Patterns Prolongation Patterns Deceptive Resolutions Conjunctive Chords Incomplete T-D prolongations o Melody analysis (cont.) o Composing a Tonicized Homophony Designing the Bass Adding the tenor and alto When ^3 becomes ^7 o Harmonic Elision (IN CLASS 14.5) Assignment T2-04 WB Assignment T2-05 WB 14.1 Group Perf. GP-01 Voice-Leading Song MfSS 3 p61 #4 Quiz 2 Minor mode Scales: C,D, Major KM 4 pp 79, 90-91, 93 Keyboard Skills KS-01 Scales: C,D,G,A Major Corrected: WB Beginner: KM (above) + pp96, 101, Advanced: W2CM 5 pp179, 203 & 259 (11.12 B&C) Jan. 22 Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices (& Ch 13) o Accented Dissonance Suspensions (ch 13) (exercises in class) Assignment T2-06 WB 14.2 Quiz 3 (Practice) 3 MfSS = Benjamin, T, M. Horvit and R. Nelson, Music for Sight Singing 5 th ed. 2009: Schirmer Cengage Learning (in Course Reader) 4 KM = Lyke, Caramia, Alexander, Haydon & Chioldi, Keyboard Musicianship 10 th ed. 2014: Stipes Publishing Company (in Course Reader) 5 W2CM = LAITZ Workbook 2 Skills and Musicianship to accompany The Complete Musician 4 th ed., 2016: Oxford University Press (in Course Reader)

3 3 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices o Accented Dissonance Passing and Neighbour Tones o The Diminished Seventh Chord o Weak-Beat Chords Extended Chords Elaborative Chords Tonicizing Chords Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices o Weak-beat chords (cont.) o Elaborating a tonicized homophony Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices (KS AWAY) o In Class Quiz - Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices (KS AWAY) o In-Class exercise to be handed in Chapter 15 Elaborating the Lower Voices (KS AWAY) o In-class exercise and practice with groups Workbook 15.3 Create Soprano analysis for 15.7 o The Chorale Phrase Phrase Modulation Phrase Cadences o Creating the Outer-Voice Framework Chorale Cantus Design of the Bass Composing the Bass Assignment T2-07 WB 14.3 Assignment T2-08 WB 14.7 Tonicized Homophony No Assignment Due! Assignment T2-09 WB 15.7 Decorated Homophony. Group Perf. GP-02 MfSS p81 Rhythm: Compound Meter Pitch: II, VI, III Tenor Clef Quiz 4 Rhythm: Compound Meter Pitch: II, VI, III Tenor Clef Scales: F Major KM pp115, 117, 122 Scales: E, B-Flat Major KM pp123, 125, 127, 131 W2CM 10.2 (p229)

4 4 Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 23 o Realizing the Outer-Voice Framework Tonicizations and Prolongations Adding the tenor and alto o The Half-Diminished seventh chord (IN CLASS ) o Elaborating the Chorale Setting Elaborating the lower voices Chord Displacement o Elaborating the Chorale Setting Decorating the Cadence Sixteenth-note decoration Soprano anticipation Completing the setting o Reducing the Decorated Chorale setting Assignment T2-10 WB 16.1 (Analysis) Assignment T (ANALYSIS AND DECORATION) Study Days Group Perf. GP-03 MfSS p102 #2 Quiz 5 (practice) Keyboard Skills KS-02: Scales: E,F,Bb Major Corrected: WB 14.7 MfSS p106 (S&P) Beginner: KM (above) + pp , Advanced: W2CM pp229, Individual Midterm: Keyboard and Performance exams Individual Midterm: Keyboard and Performance exams Individual Midterm: Keyboard and Performance exams

5 5 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Mar. 2 Mar. 5 Mar. 7 Chapter 17 Quadruple Paraphrase o Paraphrase in Quadruple Meter (Review of Duple Paraphrase) Motivic Repetition o Formal Design Phrase Cadences Melodic design Chapter 17 Quadruple Paraphrase o Formal Design Phrase Cadences Melodic design o Composing a Quadruple Paraphrase Creating the secondary structural line Initial Measure Final Cadence Completing the paraphrase Chapter 19 Elaborating the Soprano o Melodic Figures Vocal Melodic figures and Suspensions Rhythmically displaced melodic figures Retardation Appogiatura Chapter 19 Elaborating the Soprano o Elaborating a Tonicized Homophony Elaborating the soprano Elaborating the lower voices Transferred and delayed resolutions Decorating the Cadential Tonic Chapter 19 Elaborating the Soprano o Elaborating a Tonicized Homophony (cont.) Assignment T2-12 WB 16.7 Assignment T2-13 WB Bach Chorale Assignment T2-14 WB 17.1 A Assignment T2-15 WB 17.4 Quadruple Paraphrase Quiz 6 Rhythm: Triplets and Duplets Pitch: Seventh chords Quiz 7 (practice) Keyboard Practice Scales: C minor KM pp 140, 147, , 170

6 6 Mar. 9 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 16 Mar. 19 Mar. 21 Chapter 20 Accompanied Melody (with some of 18) o Melodic Figures (ch 18) Instrumental Melodic Figures Polyphonic Melody o Vocal Melodic Figures Chapter 20 Accompanied Melody (with some of 18) o Melodic Design (ch 18) Change of Register REVIEW of Figures and practice Chapter 20 Accompanied Melody o Creating the Outer-Voice Framework (Ch 20) Interpreting the Soprano Composing the Bass Laying out the Framework Chapter 20 Accompanied Melody o Melody Types Melody Expressing Harmony Melody Decorating Harmony Chapter 20 Accompanied Melody Elaborating the Bass Chapter 21 Diatonic Sequence o Three Harmonic Sequences o Creating a Diatonic Sequence Preparing the Framework Elaborating the Soprano Duple Meter ( 2 4) Quadruple Meter ( 4 4) Triple Meter ( 3 4) Assignment T2-16 WB 19.2A (ANALYSIS) Assignment T2-17 WB 19.4 Decorated Homophony Assignment T2-18 WB 18.1 & 18.3 (MELODIC FIG) WB 20.1a Assignment T2-19 WB 20.4 Accompanied Melody Group Perf. GP-04 Choose One from: MfSS pp (# s 3-6) (Handout or on LEARN) Quiz 8 Rhythm: Syncopation Pitch: 6 ths, 7 ths, 8 ves & other 7 th chords. Quiz 9 (practice) Keyboard Skills KS-03 Scales: C, D, E minor KM (above) + pp , Advanced: W2CM pp , Scales: F minor Arp: C Major KM pp183, , 204

7 7 Mar. 23 Mar. 26 Mar. 28 Mar. 30 Chapter 21 Diatonic Sequence o Creating a Diatonic Sequence (cont.) Elaborating the Bass Adding the tenor and alto Cadence DO 21.3 IN CLASS Chapter 22 The Minuet o Preliminaries Soprano Cantus Harmonic Rhythm Interpreting the soprano Composing the Bass Chapter 22 The Minuet o Preparing the Framework o Phrase and Rhythm Rhythmic Patterns Formal Design Primary Rhythmic Profile Assignment T2-20 WB 21.1 Assignment T2-21 CHOICE between WB 21.4 or 21.5 Diatonic Sequence No Class Good Group Perf. GP-05 MfSS p136 #2 Quiz 10 Keyboard Skills KS-04 Scales: F, G minor Arp: C, G Major MfSS p114 (S&P) Beginner KM (above) + pp205, 211, Advanced: W2CM pp322, , 368, 385 Apr. 2 Chapter 22 The Minuet o Six-Four Chords Neighbour, Pedal and Arpeggiated o Composing the Soprano Accented Dissonance Pitch Contour Nested Melodic Figures Assignment T2-22 WB 22.1 (Analysis) Quiz 11 (practice for final)

8 8 Apr. 4 <Like a > Class goes until 12:50 Chapter 22 The Minuet o Completing the Minuet Elaborating the Bass Adding the tenor and alto Accompaniment Patterns Minuet and Trio REVIEW Group Perf. GP-06 MfSS p136 #3 Everything since midterm. MfSS p137 (S&P) FINAL EXAM TBA

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