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Solfege

MacGamut levels

Scale of the Week
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Sibelius Assignment

Week 1

1

• Syllabus

• MACGAMUT

• Solfege syllables of the Major Scale

• Meter and time signatures

• Simple and Compound Meters

• Beaming Rules

• Tempo Markings

• Major and Minor Seconds

• Theory I MacGamut Installation

• Practice singing major and all minor scales with Solfege syllables

• Practice conducting patterns and assigned rhythms

Major and minor scales

Intervals

W-1
K-1
A-1

Scales
W-1
K-1
A-1

RD-1

C/a

01 - Rhythm

Do not fill out in Sibelius; just turn in the handwritten copy

Week 2

2

• Solfege syllables of Major and N, H and M Minor

• INTERVALS Part I

• INTERVALS Part II

• Major and Minor Thirds

• Names of the Scale Degrees

• Major and Minor Scales

• Practice singing major and all minor scales with Solfege syllables

• Practice conducting patterns and assigned rhythms

Major and minor scales

IW-2
IK-2
IA-2

 

SW-2
SK-2
SA-2

MD-1

F/d

02 - Scales

Sibelius Directions

Week  3

2

• INTERVALS Part I

• INTERVALS Part II

Diatonic Interval drill
Diatonic Thirds drill in major and minor

IW-3
IK-3
IA-3

 

SW-3
SK-3

RD-2

G/e

03 - Meter and Rhythm

Week 4

3

• Perfect 4ths and fifths and the tritone

• Diatonic Thirds Drill

• Rhythmic Solfege Exercises - 43, 47, 51, 58, 66

• Solfege Exercises - 28, 34, 45, 49

• Practice the Keyboard Triad Drill

• Singing: Practice the Thirds Drill

Sing the 4 triads

IW-4
IK-4
IA-4
 

MD-2

SW-4
SK-4

CW-1
CK-1
CA-1

Bb/g

04 - Triads and Seventh Chords

Week  5

3

• M and m 6ths and 7ths

Diatonic Triads Drill

IW-5
IK-5
IA-5

CW-2
CK-2
CA-2

RD-3

D/b

05 - Figured Bass and Roman Numerals

Week  6

5

• Voicing Triads and voice leading rules

IW-6
IK-6
IA-6

CW-3
CK-3
CA-3

MD-3

Eb/c

06 - Voicing Triads

Week 7

• Review for the Midterm

IW-7
IK-7
IA-7

CW-4
CK-4
CA-4

RD-4

A/f#

Week 8

5

• Root Position Triads

• Voice Leading of the V Chord

IW-8
IK-8
IA-8

 

CW-5
CK-5
CA-5

MD-4

Ab/f

07 - Root Position Part Writing

Week 9

4

• Common Practice Progressions

IA-9

CW-6
CK-6
CA-6

RD-5

HD-1

E/c#

08 - Harmonic Progression

Week 10

5

• Voice leading of the First Inversion Triad

• Voice Leading of first inversion triads (Old version - the same but made differently)

IA-10

CW-7
CK-7
CA-7

MD-5

HD-2

Db/bb

09 - First inversion Triads

Week 11

5

• Voice Leading of Second Inversion Triads

• Voice Leading of the V Chord

IA-11

RD-6

HD-3

B/g#

10 - Second Inversion Triads

Week 12

6

•  Non Chord Tones

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonchord_tone

• http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/53

Label all of the NCT's of Moon River

Label chords with roman numerals and all

IA-12

MD-6

HD-4

Gb/eb

Week 13

 7, 8

•  Melody

• Cadences

IA-13

RD-7

HD-5

F#/d#

12 - Melody

Week 14

• Cadences
  Phrases

IA-14

MD-7

HD-6

Cb/ab

13 - Cadences

Week 15

•   FINAL

 Analyze the following pieces with roman numerals, form, NCT - Czerny - Exercises

HD-7

C#/a#

Finals Week

 Schedule Individual

Friday 8 am in room 101: Final Project Presentation