- Wednesday,
- August 26
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- Buy Concise Introduction to Tonal
Harmony package (textbook and workbook)
Log onto Canvas, update the notification preferences for your
account, and post a message on the discussion board
Forward your FSU e-mail account, if necessary
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- Read textbook pages 2-7
Page 4 - B1d, B2c
Page 5 - C1a, C2a
Do worksheet
In case your workbook hasn't arrived
yet, here are the scanned workbook
pages.
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- Friday,
- August 28
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- Read textbook pages 8-12
Page 7 - all
Page 8 - all
Pages 10-12 - J3 (follow instructions), J4 (also include octave
numbers for all pitches), J5 (questions required; note names
optional), J6 (bass line and questions required, but include
octave numbers; melody optional)
Still no workbook? Here are the scanned
workbook pages.
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- Monday,
- August 31
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Read textbook pages 14-15 and 18-19
Pages 13-14 - B (all)
Page 15 - D (all)
Page 16 - F (all)
Page 17 - H (all) and J (all)
Still no workbook? Here are the scanned
workbook pages.
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- Wednesday,
- September 2
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- Quiz
#1: pitch and clef reading
- Do worksheet
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- Friday,
- September 4
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Read textbook pages 24-29
Page 26 - B1, line 1; B2 (all)
Page 27 - B4 (all)
Page 28 - B5 (all), B6 (all), and B7 (lines 2 and 4)
Still no workbook? Here are the scanned
workbook pages.
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- Monday,
- September 7
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- Labor Day -
no class
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- Wednesday,
- September 9
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Read textbook pages 16-17 and 19-22
Page 14 - C (all)
Page 15 - E (all)
Page 16 - G (all)
Page 17 - I (all)
Page 18 - all
One last time, here are the scanned
workbook pages (which
many people may need because different exercises on the same
pages were assigned previously).
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- Friday,
- September 11
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- Quiz
#2: major scales and key signatures
- Read textbook pages 29-32
Page 19 - M (all)
Pages 19-20 - N1 b and d, N2 b
Page 29 - C1 f-j and p-t, C2 f-j and p-t (i.e., lines 2, 4, 6,
and 8)
Page 30 - D 6-15 (i.e., lines 2 and 3) and E 6-10 (i.e., line
2)
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- Monday,
- September 14
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- Do worksheet
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- Wednesday,
- September 16
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Page
31 - all
Page 32 - G 2 and 3
Page 33 - G 4 (also mark two distinct syncopations) and 5
Page 34 - G 8
Page 62 - B2 a, b, and c |
- Friday,
- September 18
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Read
handout on first-species
counterpoint
Read textbook pages 86-87 (but be aware that handout trumps textbook
where there are discrepancies)
Do worksheet
Recommended - watch our video demonstration of first-species
counterpoint (available in "Course Media") |
- Monday,
- September 21
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- Quiz
#3: intervals
- Read textbook pages 33-34
Pages 35-36 - all
Page 37 - C 2 and 3
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- Wednesday,
- September 23
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- Do worksheet
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- Friday,
- September 25
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Read
textbook pages 35-37
Pages 39-40 - all |
- Monday,
- September 28
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- Do worksheet
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- Wednesday,
- September 30
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- Read handout on second-species
counterpoint
Read textbook pages 88-90 (but be aware that handout trumps textbook
where there are discrepancies)
Do worksheet
Recommended - watch our videos on second-species counterpoint.
There are three short informal demonstrations: writing an upper
voice with a major cantus firmus, writing an upper voice
with a minor cantus firmus, and writing below a cantus
firmus. All three videos are available under "Course
Media."
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- Friday,
- October 2
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- Quiz
#4: meter and rhythm
- Read textbook pages 38-41
Page 41 - E5 (all), F2 (last three on each line; watch the clef!)
Page 42 - G (all), H1 f-j (i.e., second line)
Pages 43-44 - H3 (all) and H4 (all)
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- Monday,
- October 5
|
Pages 45-46 - all
Page 48 - I5
Do worksheet
Optional, but strongly recommended:
try the practice midterm.
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- Wednesday,
- October 7
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- Midterm
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- Friday,
- October 9
|
No
assignment |
- Monday,
- October 12
|
- Do worksheet
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- Wednesday,
- October 14
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- Quiz
#5: minor scales
and key signatures
- Read textbook pages 44-51
Page 52 - B1 a-f (i.e., line 1) and B2 a-e (i.e., line 1)
Page 53 - all
Page 54 - C 1 and 2 (all)
Page 55 - all
Page 56 - D1 b-f and D2 b-d
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- Friday,
- October 16
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Read
textbook pages 51-54
Page 59 - F2 (all)
Page 60 - all
Page 64 - C1 a-g (i.e., line 1) and C2 a-f (i.e., line 1)
Do worksheet |
- Monday,
- October 19
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Read
handout on fourth-species
counterpoint
Read textbook pages 90-93 (but be aware that handout trumps textbook
where there are discrepancies)
Do worksheet
Recommended - watch our video demonstration of fourth-species
counterpoint (available in "Course Media") |
- Wednesday,
- October 21
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Read
textbook pages 55-65
Page 67 - D3 a and b
Pages 68-71 - all (on 71, also mark errors on the music itself) |
- Friday,
- October 23
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- Quiz
#6: triads
- Read textbook pages 67-75
Pages 74-75 - B1 a, B2 (all), B3 (all)
Pages 77-78 - all
Do worksheet
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- Monday,
- October 26
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Read
textbook pages 96-101
Page 107 - C1 e and h, C2 b and c (please improve the keyboard
notation)
Page 108 - D1 c and d (again, please improve the notation)
Pages 109-110 - E 3, 4, and 5 |
- Wednesday,
- October 28
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Read
textbook pages 103-109
Page 119 - C3 a and c, C4 c
Page 120 - D1 d and f
Page 121 - D3 a and D4 c
Page 123 - E1 a and f
Page 124 - E3 b and F2 (all) |
- Friday,
- October 30
|
Read
textbook pages 111-118
Page 132 - B2 a and b
Page 133 - B4e, B5d, and C1c
Page 134 - C2 a and b
Page 137 - F (all), G1c
Page 138 - G2a
Page 142 - all (for #3, you only have to identify the embellishing
tones we have covered thus far) |
- Monday,
- November 2
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- Read textbook pages 119-125
Page 146 - C1g
Page 147 - C2 b, e, and g (as always, please improve the notation)
Page 150 - E (all), F1d
Page 151 - F2b
Page 155 - all
Page 156 - I1d
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- Wednesday
- November 4
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- Quiz
#7: seventh
chords
- Read textbook pages 127-135
Page 160 - B4 (all)
Page 161 - C1 a, b, d, e, and f
Page 162 - D1 d
Pages 167-168 - G1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
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- Friday,
- November 6
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- Society for
Music Theory meets - no class
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- Monday,
- November 9
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Page
163 - D1e
Page 164 - D3, E1 (all)
Page 165 - E2c
Pages 169-170 - G 9, 10, 12, and 13 |
- Wednesday,
- November 11
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- Veterans' Day
- no
class
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- Friday,
- November 13
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Read
textbook pages 136-144
Pages 173-174 - B1 a-g
Page 175 - B2 f-i
Page 176 - C1 b-d
Page 184 - all |
- Monday,
- November 16
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Page
177 - C1j and C2e
Page 179 - all
Page 180 - C2 a and c
Pages 187-188 - G 10c, 11, and 13 |
- Wednesday,
- November 18
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- Do worksheet
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- Friday,
- November 20
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Read
textbook pages 146-156
Do worksheet |
- Monday,
- November 23
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Page 190 - B2 g, h, and i
Page 191 - B3 g, h, and i
Page 192 - C1 f and g
Pages 203-204 - F 8, 9, 10 (for embellishing tones, only identify PT, APT, N, and S; also provide contextual analysis for #10)
Page 204 - F 12
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- Wed. and Fri.,
- November 25-27
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- Thanksgiving
break - no classes
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- Monday,
- November 30
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Page
196 - D1 a, b, c, and f
Page 197 - D3 c
Page 200 - all (no need to analyze the embellishing tones)
Recommended - watch our video demonstration of a less common
but important resolution for the cadential 6/4 (available in
"Course Media") |
- Wednesday,
- December 2
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- Quiz
#8: resolving
dominant seventh chords
- Read textbook pages 77-83
Do worksheet
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- Friday,
- December 4
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No
assignment, but you should try the practice
final. |
- Monday,
- December 7
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- Final Exam (12:30-2:30 in Opperman Music Hall -- all
sections)
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