Spring 2012

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Reginald Bain, R227, 7-8183, rbain@mozart.sc.edu

Instructors: Mr. Andrew Allen, Mr. Xavier Carteret, Mr. Matthew Fink, Mr. Dan Kreider and Ms. Ruby Wang

C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Harmonic Function (K/P Ch. 7)
2.	Species Counterpoint
	Part Writing Using Triads (K/P Ch. 8-9)
4.	Phrase Structure Analysis (K/P Ch. 10)
5.	Nonchord Tones (K/P Ch. 11-12)
6.	Part Writing Using Seventh Chords (K/P Ch. 13-15)
Prerequisite course: MUSC 115 Online Course Listening

Quotable

"Voice leading...may be defined as the ways in which chords are produced
by the motions of individual musical lines." (K/P 73)

News

Feb. 12: Lesson plans 16-18 are now available.

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
2. Daily Schedule (pdf)
3. Homework Grading Guidelines (pdf)

Lesson Plans and Course Materials

Harmonic Function

1. Mon., Jan. 9: Course Introduction (pdf)
   Homework:
   • K/P Workbook 7-1 J
2. Wed., Jan. 11: Harmonic Function 1, Sec. 1-3 (pdf)
   Homework:
   • Worksheet 7-1 (pdf)
3. Fri., Jan. 13: Harmonic Function 2, Sec. 4-8 (pdf)
   Homework:
   • K/P Workbook Ex. 7-1 D2
4. Wed., Jan. 18: Harmonic Function 3, Sec. 9-12 (pdf)
   Homework:
   • Worksheet 7-2 (pdf)
5. Fri. Jan. 20: The Phrase Model (pdf)
   Homework:
   • Worksheet 7-3 (pdf); Answer Key: Contextual Analysis of Chorale Phrases
   • CYOW: Worksheet 7-4 (pdf); Answer Key (pdf)

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   Species Counterpoint (pdf)
   
6. Mon., Jan. 23: Introduction, Melodic Characteristics and First Species
   Homework:
   • Worksheet SC-1 (pdf)
     
7. Wed., Jan. 25: First Species (cont.)
   Homework:
   • Worksheet SC-2 (pdf)
     
8. Fri., Jan. 27: Second Species
   Homework:
   • Worksheet SC-3 (pdf)
     
9. Mon., Jan. 30: Second Species (cont.)
   
10. Wed., Feb. 1: Third Species
    Homework:
    • Worksheet SC-4 (pdf)
11. Fri., Feb. 3: Fourth Species
    Homework:
    • Worksheet SC-5 (pdf)
12. Mon., Feb. 6: Species Counterpoint Wrap-up
    Homework:
    • CYOW Worksheet SC-6: Practice Test (pdf); Answer Key (pdf; mp4)
13. Wed., Feb. 8: Review for Test 1 (pdf)
14. Fri., Feb. 10: Test 1 Harmonic Function and Species Counterpoint (pdf)

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    Part Writing Using Triads
15. Mon., Feb. 13: Elements of Part Writing (EPW) (pdf)
    Terms: Chorale | Part Writing
    Homework:
    • EPW 1 RNA Review & Doubling Study
      • CYOW: Worksheet 8-1 (pdf, mp3); Answer Key (pdf)
16. Wed., Feb. 15: Uses of First Inversion Triads (pdf)
    Terms: Texture | Alberti Bass | Prolongation
    Homework:
    • EPW 2 Filling in the A & T
      • K/P Workbook Ex. 8-1, C 1-8
17. Fri., Feb. 17: Soprano-Bass Counterpoint (pdf)
    Homework:
    • EPW 3 Composing the Soprano
      • Worksheet 8-2 (pdf); RNA Key (pdf)
18. Mon., Feb. 20: Uses of Second Inversion Triads (pdf)
    Homework:
    • EPW 4 Working in a Minor Key
      • Worksheet 8-3 (pdf); RNA Key (pdf
    • CYOW: K/P Ex. 9-1 A 1-2; Answer Key (html) **
19. Wed., Feb. 22: Creating a 4-Part Realization (pdf)
    Homework:
    • EPW 5 Creating a 4-Part Realization
      • Worksheet 9-1: (pdf, mov); Answer Key (pdf, mov)
    • CYOW: K/P Self-Test 10-1 A K/P Workbook Ex. 9-1 B 1-5; Answer Key (pdf, mov)
20. Fri., Feb. 24: Harmonic Analysis and Instrumental Textures (pdf) - MERGE LP {w/ Part Writing Using Triads Wrap Up (pdf)}
    Media: Self-Test 9-1 A 2 **
    Homework:
    • EPW 6 Six-Four Chord Voice Leading
      • Worksheet 9-2 (pdf); RNA Key (pdf)
    • CYOW:
      • K/P Workbook Ex. 9-1 A 4; Answer Key (html) **
      • Worksheet 9-3 K/P Ch. 8-9 Reading Comprehension (pdf); Answer Key (pdf)
      • Worksheet 9-4 Harmonic Analysis of Instrumental Textures (pdf); Answer Key (pdf, mov)
21. Mon., Feb. 27: Review for Test 2 (pdf)
    
22. Wed., Feb. 29: Test 2 Part Writing Using Triads
    
23. Fri., March 2: Fifth Species Counterpoint Project (pdf)

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    Phrase Structure Analysis
    
24. Mon., March 12: Cadence Types Revisited (pdf)
    Terms: Form | Cadence
    Materials:
    • Contrapuntal Expansions of Tonic 1: vii^o6
    Homework:
    • EPW 7 Voice Leading Paradigms and K/P Cadence Types
      • Worksheet 10-1 (pdf)
      • CYOW: K/P Self-Test 10-1 A
25. Wed., March 14: The Parallel Period (pdf)
    Homework:
    • Continued work on Worksheet 10-1
26. Fri., March 16: The Contrasting Period (pdf)
    Homework:
    • Continued work on Worksheet 10-1
27. Mon., March 19: The Double Period & Repeated Period (pdf)
    Homework:
    • CYOW: Worksheet 10-2 (pdf); Answer Key (pdf)
28. Wed., March 21: The Sentence (pdf)
    Homework:
    • CYOW:
      • K/P Self-Test 10-1 B
      • Worksheet 10-3 (pdf); Answer Key (pdf)
29. Fri., March 23: Phrase Structure Analysis Wrap-up (pdf)
    Homework:
    • Worksheet 10-4 (pdf)

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    Nonchord Tones
30. Mon., March 26: Introduction to NCTs (p, n and s) (pdf)
    Homework:
    • EPW 8 Adding NCTs
      • K/P Workbook Ex. 11-1 D1
31. Wed., March 28: Other Suspension Figures & Embellishing a Simple Texture (pdf)
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 11-1 B
    • CYOW: K/P Workbook Ex. 11-1 C; Answer Key (pdf)
32. Fri., March 30: Lead-Sheet Symbols (pdf)
    Homework:
    • Worksheet 11-1 (pdf)
33. Mon., April 2: Other NCTs (pdf)
    Appoggiatura (app), Escape Tone (e), Neighbor Group (n.gr), Anticipation (ant), and Retardation (r)
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 12-1 A 1-4
34. Wed., April 4: Figured-Bass Interpretation and NCTs (pdf)
    Materials:
    • Figured-Bass Interpretation and NCTs (pdf, LISTEN)
    Homework:
    • EPW 9 Linear Embellishment
      • CYOW: K/P Workbook 12-1 D1; Answer Key (pdf, mov)
      • CYOW: K/P Self-Test 12-1 A 5
35. Fri., April 6: Review for Test 3 (pdf)
36. Mon., April 9: Test 3 Phrase Structure Analysis and NCTs

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    Part Writing Using Seventh Chords
37. Wed., April 11: The V7 Chord (pdf)
    Materials:
    • Resolving V7 (pdf, mov)
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 13-1 A & C 1-8
38. Fri., April 13: Inverted V7s (pdf) - REMOVE CHORDAL DISSONANCE MATERIAL
    Materials:
    • Contrapuntal Expansions of Tonic 2: Inversions of V7
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 13-2 A & C 1-8
    • EPW 10 Resolving V7
      • CYOW:
        • K/P Workbook 13-1 E2; Answer Key (pdf, mov)
        • K/P Workbook 13-2 E; Answer Key (pdf, mov)
39. Mon., April 16: Other Diatonic Seventh Chords (pdf); Species Counterpoint Project Due - FIX
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 14-1 A, B & C 1-3
40. Wed., April 18: Review for Comprehensive Final Exam (pdf) - FIX
    Homework:
    • K/P Workbook Ex. 15-1 A, B & C 1-2
    • EPW 11 Seventh Chord Voice Leading
      • CYOW: K/P Self-Test 15-1 F1 (mov); F2 (mov)
41. Fri., April 20: Project Performances - FIX
42. Mon., April 23: Project Performances - FIX

Media Resources

1. MUSC 115 Website
2. Online Course Listening in the Naxos Music Library
3. Grove/Oxford Online Music Dictionary
4. Musictheory.net by Ricci Adams
5. Teoría by José Rodríguez Alvira

CYOW - Check Your Own Work Assignment

A 2-hour comprehensive final exam will be administered at the university-scheduled exam time.

Bibliography

Benjamin, Thomas, Michael Horvit, and Robert Nelson. Techniques and Materials of Music, 7th ed. New York: Schirmer, 2008.

Burkhart, Charles and William Rothstein. Anthology for Musical Analysis, Postmodern Update. New York: Schirmer, 2007.

Clendinning, Jane Piper and Elizabeth West Marvin. The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis. New York: Norton, 2004. See also 2/e.

Gauldin, Robert. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2004.

Henry, Earl and Michael Rogers. Tonality and Design in Music Theory, Vol. 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.

Kostka, Stefan and Dorothy Payne. Tonal Harmony: With An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Laitz, Steven. The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford, 2008. See also 3/e.

Ralph Turek, Analytical Anthology of Music, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1992.

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