The purpose of practice is to automate certain functions so that higher level thinking skills can be focused. Note: This is an organic document! It will change. You are responsible for what is on this page, not a copy you made at the beginning of the semester. | Week 1
Aug 27-31 | Introduction Syllabus Thursday: Choose group leaders and group names | Thursday | Place a link to this page on your desktop On the top of this page, File - Send - Shortcut to desktop | | Print 5 sheets of staff paper from the link above | | Print Solfege Daily Routine |
| Week 2
Sep
3-7 | | Thursday | Demonstrate song using handsigns: Have major AND minor melodies prepared. You may use songs from the Song List or choose others. Do not choose songs that are too simple, or that were used last semester (if you can remember!) Have more than one ready in case you are randomly chosen more than once or in case someone else uses your melody. If you are not here when randomly chosen, and the absence is unexcused, you will receive a zero. |
Friday | Computer Lab #1: Aural Skills III 2a |
Note: You will have to re-enter your password information in Aurelia and join the class "Aural Skills III" to access the material Use your real name (in the format of Lastname, Firstname) as log-in because reports will be printed according to log-in name.
Use your student ID# as your password (that way, you can't forget it)
Assignment deadline is 5pm.
| Week 3
Sep 10-14 | | Friday | Computer Lab #2: Aural Skills III 3a |
Assignment deadline is 5pm Note: This is recognizing 7th chords played harmonically and this is a difficult assignment. Allow PLENTY of time! | Week 4
Sep 17-21 | | Tuesday | ET Exam #1 and Group Exam #1 |
Thursday | SS Exam #1 |
Friday | Computer Lab #3: Aural Skills III 3b |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 5
Sep
24-28
TMEA | | | Week 6
Oct 1-5 | | Friday | Computer Lab #4: Aural Skills III 4a |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 7
Oct 8-12 | | Friday | Computer Lab #5: Aural Skills III 4c |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 8
Oct 15-19 | | Tuesday | ET Exam #2 and Group Exam #2 |
Thursday | SS Exam #2 |
Friday | Computer Lab #6: Aural Skills III 4d |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 9
Oct 22-26 | | Friday | Computer Lab #7 Aural Skills III 5a |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 10 Mar 23-27 | | Friday | Computer Lab #8: Aural Skills III 5b |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 11
Mar 29-Nov 2 | | Friday | Computer Lab #9: Aural Skills III 5c |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 12
Nov 5-9 | | Tuesday | ET Exam #3 and Group Exam #3 |
Thursday | SS Exam #3 |
Friday | Computer Lab #10: Aural Skills III 6c |
Assignment deadline is 5pm | Week 13
Nov 12-16 | | | Week 14
Nov 19-23 | | | Week 15
Nov 26-30 | | | Week 16
Dec 3-4 (last class day) | Use this grade calculator to estimate your final grade | Tuesday | ET Exam #4 and SS Exam #4 |
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Aural Skills III Exams | Aural Skills Exam #1 | SS Exam #1Two intervals from M2, M3, P4, P5, M6, M7, P8 (up or down) An at-sight melody (with hand signs) similar to Ottman Chapter 9 (approximate first half). The melody will contain intervals from the dominant 7th (V7) chord and other diatonic intervals of the seventh. Chromatic scale (no hand signs)
| ET Exam #1Melodic dictation from (M7A) 6 intervals to label and write: M2, M3, P4, P5, M6, M7, P8 (M8D) 6 dominant seventh chords to identify, with inversions; the chords will be arpeggiated 2 4-chord harmonic progressions (H10A) A Soprano/Bass Roman Numeral (SBRN) dictation from (H7D, H8D). This will include labeling nonharmonic tones in the soprano and bass lines. A rhythm pattern with quarter-beat values (R7A).
| Group Exam #1Major and Minor Arpeggios: #1, 2, 3 Rhythm chosen from Ottman p. 153
| Aural Skills Exam #2 | SS Exam #2Two intervals selected from m2, m3, TT, m6, m7 (up or down) An at-sight melody like Ottman Chapter 9 (approximate second half) and Chapter 11. Major and Minor Arpeggios #1, 2, 3 (memorized)
| ET Exam #26 intervals to label and write: m2, m3, TT, m6, m7 (M8D). Identification of 6 nonharmonic tones (H6C). 6 dominant seventh chords to identify (with inversions; not arpeggiated) 3 4-chord progressions that will include viio7 (H11A). A SBRN dictation that will include viio6 (H9D) A Rhythm pattern with quarter-beat values (R8A).
| Group Exam #2Major and Minor Arpeggios: #4-9 Ottman p. 145, 167: Structured improvisation
| Aural Skills Exam #3 | SS Exam #3Two intervals selected from all intervals (up or down) An at-sight melody like Ottman Chapter 12 Major and Minor Arpeggios #4-9 (memorized)
| ET Exam #32 melodic dictations: (M8A - melody with wide leaps and M9C - 2-part dictation) 6 harmonic intervals (M10D) 1 7-note pitch pattern with wide leaps; emphasis on bvi-V Identification of 6 non-harmonic tones in 4-voice example (H6C) 6 arpeggiated seventh chords to identify: MM, Mm, mm, dd) (H11E) A rhythm with subdivision in 6/8 (R9A)
| Group Exam #3Blues improvisation Ottman Chapter 12, Section 3
| Aural Skills Exam #4 | SS Exam #4Two intervals selected from all An at-sight melody like Ottman Chapter 11 or 12
| ET Exam #41 melodic dictation (M8A) 6 harmonic intervals: m2, m3, TT, m6, m7 (M10D) 6 dominant seventh chords with inversions to identify SBRN dictation including non-harmonic tones (H7D) A rhythm dictiaon with subdivision in 6/8 (R9A)
| | | | | | Computer Lab Assignments(2a) Chord Recognition (20): chords arpeggiated (3a) Jazz Chords (20): recognition of block chords (3b) Rhythm Dictation (8) (4a) Chord Recognition (20) Dominant 7ths in root or inversions played as block chords (4c) Chord Progressions (5) (4d) Chord Progressions (5) in minor (5a) Melodic Dictation (3) 4 measures each (5b) Chord Recognition (20): arpeggiated 7th chords (m, M, Mm, d) (5c) Interval Recognition (20) harmonic intervals (6c) Interval Recognition (20) harmonic intervals
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