This course has two weekly labs, a one-hour sight-singing lab and a one-hour piano lab, which are not listed within the course calendar.
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Unit One: Review of Fundamentals |
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Welcome-Ritual Reading of the Syllabus-Overview Review of Chord Construction, Figured Bass, and Part-Writing |
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Review of Four-part Writing (cont.) Assignment 1 (Long Exercise in Four-part Writing) Practice Quiz (C, a, G, e, F, d) |
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Review of Two-part Counterpoint Assignment 2 (Short Exercise in Four-part Writing) Quiz 1 (C, a, G, e, F, d) |
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Review of Diatonic Harmony, Cadences, Binary Form Assignment 3 (Long Exercise in Two-part Writing) |
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Review of Melodic Figuration Assignment 4 (Short Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading) Quiz 2 (D, b, Bb, g) |
Report demo 1 |
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Review of Rhythmic Figuration Assignment 5 (Long Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading) |
Report demo 2 |
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Review of Diatonic Modulation Assignment 6 (Short Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading) Quiz 3 (A, f#, Eb, c) |
Report demo 3 |
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8 |
Test 1 (Diatonic Voice-Leading, Harmony, and Figuration) |
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Unit Two: Elementary Chromatic Harmony |
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Introduction to Leading-Tone Seventh Chords Assignment 7 (Analytic Exercise) Quiz 4 (E, c#, Ab, f) |
Reports on Mozart, “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” variations |
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10 |
Applied Leading-tone Seventh Chords |
Complete draft of theme Reports on Mozart, “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” variations |
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11 |
Workshop Discussion of Theme Drafts Introduction to the Flat Supertonic (Neapolitan) Assignment 8 (viio7 and applied viio7) Quiz 5 (viio7 in all Keys) |
Reports on Haydn, Arietta in Eb variations |
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12 |
Introduction to Chords of the Augmented Sixth |
Revised draft of theme Reports on Haydn, Arietta in Eb variations |
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Workshop Discussion of Revised Themes Introduction to Mode Mixture Assignment 9 (Flat Supertonic and Chords of the Augmented Sixth) Quiz 6 (ii6, iio6, and bII6 , in all Keys) |
Reports on Haydn, Arietta in Eb variations |
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14 |
Complete Draft of Variation(s), Featuring Melodic Figuration |
Reports on Mozart, “Dieu d’Amour” variations |
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Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Melodic Figuration Assignment 10 (Mode Mixture) Quiz 7 (vi, \[b\]VI, and Chords of the Augmented Sixth, in all Keys) |
Reports on Mozart, “Dieu d’Amour” variations |
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Test 2 (Elementary Chromatic Harmony) |
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Unit Three: Chromatic Modulation |
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Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Melodic Figuration Assignment 11 (Chromatic Harmony) Quiz 8 (A, Ab, a, Bb, b, Including Chromatic Harmony) |
Reports on Beethoven, “God save the King” variations |
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Complete Draft of Variation(s), Featuring Rhythmic Figuration |
Reports on Beethoven, “God save the King” variations |
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Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Rhythmic Figuration Assignment 12 (Chromatic Harmony) Quiz 9 (C, c, c#, D, d, Including Chromatic Harmony) |
Reports on Haydn, Andante in f variations |
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20 |
Complete Draft of Variation(s), in the Parallel Mode |
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Workshop Discussion of Variations in the Parallel Mode Assignment 13 (Chromatic Modulation) |
Reports on Haydn, Andante in f variations Deadline for final projects after 3 days |
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Assignment 14 (Chromatic Modulation) |
Reports on Beethoven, “Rule, Brittania” variations |
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Assignment 15 (Chromatic Modulation) Quiz 10 (E, Eb, e, F, f, f#, G, g) |
Reports on Beethoven, “Rule, Brittania” variations |
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Performances of Final Projects Assignment 16 (Chromatic Harmony) |
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Performances of Final Projects (cont.) |
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