5/6 Last Deadline Reminder

Thanks everyone for a wonderful semester (although it has been a strange one for sure)! I appreciate your patience through all of this. Most of you have turned everything in and are done. For those of you who still need to turn things in:

Everything is due tomorrow night (Thursday, May 7 at 11:59pm ET).

I plan on entering final grades the next day on Friday. If you need an extension beyond Thursday, please let me know ASAP.

Remember that if you successfully complete this class, you can register and take Theory II this summer.

Sadly (or happily, depending on your point of view), I won’t be at Kent in the fall. I will be starting a PhD in Music Theory at Ohio State. So I get to be a student again, like you.

Have a wonderful summer everyone and good luck with the rest of your college career!

4/24 Final Practical

First a reminder about the research component. A bunch of you still need to complete the study (Dr. Albrecht sent me a list earlier this week). Make sure you do this soon. If you would rather do the alternative assignment, let me know.

Here’s the information for the final practical. You need to record yourself performing both of the following melodies and and the play & sing, all from Learning to Listen, and then email me links to your uploaded videos (like we’ve done for previous assignments). Both melodies are in minor keys.

1. Melody 1: p. 40 #17. Sing on solfege with conducting.
2. Melody 2: p. 41 #22. Sing on solfege with conducting.
3. Play and Sing: p. 52 #4. Play one line a keyboard and sing the other on solfege simultaneously.

Remember that the recommended due date is next Sunday, May 3 at 11:59pm.

I now have assigned everything for the rest of the semester. Any further website updates will be reminders or review information. Let me know if there is anything you would like me to go over or cover on Monday and Tuesday next week.

4/23 Written Exam 3

• Here is the PDF for Written Exam 3. It is an analysis of a chunk of Mozart with questions.
• Here is a link to the audio of this music. I recommend you listen to help you with the exam. It’s the first 24 seconds or so.
• The recommended due date is next Sunday, May 3 at 11:59pm.
• If anything confuses you or you need some guidance on how to answer the questions, let me know.

4/22 Last HD Quiz

The last HD quiz is two phrases that go together in a minor key. Please answer the same things as usual, but also add the name of the phrase structure (no need to diagram). As a reminder, you need to figure out:

• Soprano in solfege
• Bass in solfege
• Roman numerals
  • Possibilities include any diatonic triad in root position, first inversion or second inversion possible.
  • Remember that I follow part writing and harmonic progression guidelines when I write these.
  • Hint: passing 6/4 chords can occur in places other than I-V6/4-I6
• Function Labels
• Cadences (one for each phrase)
• And now the name of the phrase structure (for example, parallel period).

4/21 Phrase HW & Video

Phrase Homework

The final homework is to create phrase diagrams for the following musical examples out of How Music Works. The links go to YouTube videos to hear each example.

1. Example 1-6 (p. 14)
2. Example 1-8 (p. 15)
3. Example 4-4 (p. 45)
4. Example 9-2 (p. 79)
5. Example 9-6 (p. 82)
6. Example 9-7 (p. 83)

Make sure you include the following in each diagram (example diagrams begin on p. 84):

• the key,
• a bracket for each phrase,
• a letter inside each bracket showing whether phrases open with a new melody or a repetition of a previous one (a, b, a’, etc.),
• a cadence type with its measure number at the end of each bracket,
• and then a label above the full phrase structure above your brackets (ex. parallel double period).

Note that you don’t have to do an in-depth analysis for example. Just find what needs to go in the diagram. It should save you a lot of time. Email me your diagrams once you are done.

Chapter 9 Video

4/20 Week 14 and Beyond

Welcome to the last full week of classes! Here’s what will be doing for the rest of the semester.

This Week (Last Assignment and Quiz recommended due: Friday, 4/24 11:59pm)

• Today, read Chapter 9 in How Music Works on Phrase Structure.
  • I’ll be grading stuff turned in over the weekend later today.
• Tomorrow, I will upload a last written assignment on identifying and diagramming phrases, periods, etc.
• Tomorrow, I will also make a video going over Chapter 9.
• On Wednesday, I will make a last Aural Skills quiz: It will include two harmonic dictation phrases in minor.
• On Thursday and Friday, I will give you the PDF for Written Exam 3 and the stuff to do for the Final Practical. The recommended due dates for these are Sunday, May 3.
• Make sure you take part in the research study by contacting Dr. Albrecht, or do the alternative assignment this week.

Next Week into Final Exams

We have two days of classes on Monday and Tuesday (4/27 & 4/28), a reading day on Wednesday (4/29) , and then final exams go from Thursday (4/30) to Thursday (5/7). Here are the deadlines for the end of the semester.

1. Recommended Deadline for all assignments, quizzes, and the research component:
   • Tuesday, April 28 at 11:59pm.
2. Recommended Deadline for Exam 3 and Final Practical:
   • Sunday, May 3 at 11:59pm.
3. Hard Deadline for Everything:
   • Thursday, May 7 at 11:59pm.
   • If you have a circumstance that warrants a further extension, let me know.
4. I plan on entering final grades on Friday, May 8.

I hope this information gives you a way to plan this work around your other classes. For those of you who need to catch up, I hope I’ve organized these three weeks to give you the best opportunity to get everything turned in.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

4/17 Finding Cadences: An Activity

Rather than make a video this morning, I think that writing up a classroom activity I usually do at this point in face-to-face classes makes more sense.

This is an ungraded activity, so if you need to focus on completing the assigned work, you can ignore this activity. But if you want to get better at finding cadences, this is a good way to figure that out. At least reading through this should help with doing the cadences quiz.

So, this activity has three main steps.

Step 1: Listen and Follow Score

Listen to the following aria from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro while following the vocal score. Note the singer is singing the italicized original Italian text rather than the German translation above it. [The video link should start at 0:59 when the aria starts.]

https://youtu.be/mNRF-SEl27o?t=59

Isabel Leonard is playing a secondary character named Cherubino, a teenage boy who is madly in love with The Countess. He is singing to her a song he wrote for her with Susanna accompanying on guitar. It’s been standard for a long time to have women portray boys on the stage (think of Mary Martin playing Peter Pan in the 1954 musical, which if you haven’t seen, is delightful).

This cavatina (literally ‘little song’) is meant to be more clear and simple than your average aria, as it is supposedly written by the doltish Cherubino (and Susanna plays the guitar so well it sounds like an orchestra). Mozart is quite adept at complex simplicity, so be ready for a few curve balls amid the expected 4-bar phrases.

Step 2: Listen Again and Mark the Cadences

Before you listen again, Here are some things to think about before you do. Cadences tend to:

• Occur at regular intervals: every 2, 4, or 8 measures depending on the tempo.
• Align with ends of phrases in the text. Look for commas, periods, and semicolons.
• The final chord of a phrase is longer than previous chords. Either having a longer length (half note preceded by quarter chords) or having rests afterwards.
• The next thing that happens is a clear beginning. A new phrase begins like a previous phrase (music coming back) and there could be a clear pick-up. So to find endings, also listen for beginnings.

So listen again and note where you hear cadences. It is very important that you base your placement of cadences on how it sounds first. If you just start trying to find cadences by looking at the page, you’ll make a lot more mistakes.

Step 3: Now Zoom In and Identify the Cadences

Before we zoom in, we need to number the measures, so we can know where we are. Here are the measure numbers for the first bar in each system.

• p. 63
  • system 1: m. 1
  • 2: m. 6
  • 3: m. 11
  • 4: m. 16
  • 5: m. 21
• p. 64
  • 1: m. 27
  • 2: m. 33
  • 3: m. 38
  • 4: m. 43
  • 5: m. 48
• p. 65
  • 1: m. 53
  • 2: m. 58
  • 3: m. 63
  • 4: m. 69
  • 5: m. 75

Now in the introduction (before the singer comes in), I heard two cadences. One in measure 4 and the second in measure 8.

For cadence 1, I notice an arrival on an F major chord in root position in m. 4 preceded by a C minor chord in first inversion. In B flat major (the key), this would be ii6 to V. The melody arrives on C (Re) in m. 4 as well. So this must be a HC.

For cadence 2, I see a B flat (Do) in the melody on the downbeat of m. 8. The chord there is B flat major in root position preceded by a root position F chord in the second half of m. 7 (with a cadential 6/4 on the downbeat). This V-I with Do in the melody make this a PAC, which closes off the intro nicely and sets up the singer to begin.

Notice how much of the music I am ignoring. I’m not analyzing everything. I’m only looking for the cadences, identifying the key, and then figuring out the chords as needed to determine cadence type.

So see if you can identify a bunch of them yourself. Note that the key changes on the bottom of p. 63 (it wasn’t standard practice to change the key signature in the midst of a movement at this time, so the key signature isn’t always your friend). Mozart modulates a few times before the main tune arrives again in B flat on p. 65. So, be aware that you’ll have to figure out the key by listening if you want to figure out the cadences types in the middle of the aria.

Let me know if you want some help or to check how successful you are. I’ll give you the cadences I found at some point next week.

4/16 This Week’s Quizzes

Here’s stuff for both the harmonic dictation aural skills quiz and the written cadences quiz.

Harmonic Dictation Quiz 2

• Follow the same directions for last week’s harmonic dictation quiz.
• What is new this time is that triads can be in first inversion and second inversion in addition to root position. So make sure you listen to the chord’s quality in addition to what the soprano and bass notes are to determine the Roman numeral. Remember that a cadential 6/4 should have a D rather than a T even though it is a I6/4.
• Also, now the deceptive cadence (DC) is an option. All three examples are still in major.
• So make sure your answers include the following:
  • soprano in solfege
  • bass in solfege
  • Roman numerals (with inversion symbols as needed: 6 and 6/4)
  • function labels
  • the ending cadence

Cadences Quiz

Here is a PDF of five vocal musical examples (opera arias, art songs, and an oratorio) with cadences marked with boxes. (No. 3 is two pages long and one of its cadences goes across two systems). Your job is to do the following:

1. Listen to each musical example with the youtube videos below.
   1. “Non più andrai” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro [0:00-0:23]
   2. “Der Lindenbaum” from Franz Schubert’s Winterreise [0:00-1:16]
   3. “Una voce poco fa” from Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville [0:00-1:39]
   4. “Die stille Lotosblume” from Clara Schumann’s Lieder, Op. 13 [0:00-1:00]
   5. The end of the Hallelujah Chorus from George Frederick Handel’s Messiah. [2:57-3:27] I have this link set to start right at 2:57.
2. Figure out the key for each excerpt.
3. Then tell me the cadence type of both boxed cadences for each musical example.
4. The cadence possibilities are
   • Perfect Authentic (PAC),
   • Imperfect Authentic (IAC),
   • Half Cadence (HC),
   • Deceptive Cadence (DC), and
   • Plagal Cadence (PC).
5. So you should have three pieces of information for each excerpt:
   1. the key,
   2. the first cadence type, and
   3. the second cadence type.
6. Email me your answers.

4/15 HW Videos and Research Component Info

Two Things:

1. I made videos of me doing the HW to give you an example of how to approach it. Here’s a PDF of my resulting 8 measures for your reference.
2. I sent out an email last night about the research component that is 5% of your final grade. Please make sure you read that email and respond to Dr. Albrecht and CC me on your email.

4/14 Melody HW and Video on Chapters 7 & 8

Here are the directions for this week’s written homework, where you will two four-measure soprano phrases (melodies) and then add bass, alto, and tenor voices.

1. Time Signature: 4/4
2. Key Singature: Choose a major key (NOT C major).
3. You are writing 8 meaures of music that is 2 phrases long.
4. Write your first melody phrase. It should be a four-measure soprano melody that includes at least 7 notes. It should follow the guidelines in chapter 7 of How Music Works. (You can use a pickup if you like, which is in measure zero. Your first downbeat begins measure 1.)
5. I recommend you stick to mainly half notes and quarter notes with a whole note in measure 4. (A few eighth notes are fine.)
6. This melody should end on Ti, Re, or Sol.
7. Add a bass voice and choose chords that follow our harmonic progression guidelines. Use at least 2 triad inversions. Add your Roman numerals and function labels. Remember that a cadential 6/4 has a dominant function.
8. This phrase ends in a HC. The ending root position V chord should be on the downbeat of measure 4. Label the cadence.
9. Fill in the alto and tenor voices making sure you follow part writing guidelines throughout (good spacing and doubling, avoiding bad parallels and akwkard melodic intervals).
10. Include some NHTs in any voice (at least 3 total). Every NHT you write should be labeled.
11. Write a second soprano melody phrase (4 measures). It can start like the first or be completely different. Same length, similar number of notes, etc. (A pickup would be at the end of measure 3.)
12. This melody should end on Do or Mi.
13. Add the bass and choose chords like before and labeling the RNs and functions.
14. This phrase ends in either a PAC or an IAC (depending on your soprano melody’s ending note). The final I chord should be on the downbeat of measure 8. Label the cadence.
15. Fill in the alto and tenor as before to fit your choices.
16. Include NHTs as before making sure you label all of them.
17. Make sure you play your music along the way to make sure each voice is singable and so that you catch your mistakes.
18. Send your completed 8 measures to me via email. I may ask you to revise and resubmit.

Here’s today’s video of me going over chapters 7 and 8 in How Music Works.

4/13 Week 13

I’ll be grading everything in my email today. If you emailed me something and I haven’t responded by tomorrow, contact me tomorrow.

This week we’ll be covering two chapters in How Music Works: 7 (Melody) and 8 (Cadences).

We’ll have four assignments similar to last week: a performance assignment, a written HW, an aural skills quiz, and a written theory quiz.

Work for this Week
(recommended due: Sunday 4/19 11:59pm)

1. Performance: Prepared Melodies
   • Learning to Listen p. 38 #8 OR #9.
   • You choose which melody to record and email me a link.
   • I recommend you work on this today and tomorrow (Mon/Tues).
2. Written HW: Composing in Part Writing Style
   1. I will make a HW that inlcudes you writing a short melody or two that you then part write with (following all of our guidelines so far and including NHTs).
   • Tomorrow, I will make a video going over the two chapters.
   • Wednesday, I will make a video of me writing an example melody and part write it.
   • Work on this on Tuesday and Wednesday.
3. Aural Skills Quiz: Harmonic Dictation
   • On Thursday, I will make recordings like last week, but including triad inversions.
   • Work on this on Thursday and Friday.
4. Written Quiz
   • On Thursday, I’ll give you a short online Google Forms multiple choice quiz on Cadences.
   • Probably 5-10 questions asking you to identify the type of cadence in notation with audio included, and maybe answer some questions.
   • On Friday, I will make a video of how to find cadences in analysis.
   • Take this on Thursday or Friday.

4/10 Techniques for Harmonic Dictation

Rather than make another video today, I’m just going to write some thoughts about how to approach the harmonic dictation quiz, and link to some videos that explores how to hear music that only includes the primary chord I, V(7), and IV.

How to Do the HD Quiz

1. Listen to the first playing of the harmonic dictation.
   • Figure out Do (and if you want, what actual note name it is).
   • Again, feel free to use musical instruments to help you figure out the notes.
   • All three progressions are in major key, so you only need to worry about major-key solfege (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti).
2. Then listen to the second playing that emphasizes the bass.
   • Figure out the solfege of the bass line. This is just like doing melodic dictation.
   • Once you are sure of the notes, each of them is the root of the chord, since every chord is in root position, so you can also write out the correct major-key Roman numerals (I, ii, iii, iv, V, vi).
   • (We aren’t using viio yet, because it is diminished and I am following our part-writing rules.)
   • And now that you know the RNs, you can add function labels as well.
3. Then listen to the third playing that emphasizes the soprano.
   • Figure out the solfege of the soprano line. Again, it’s just melodic dictation.
   • Now that you know the soprano and bass lines, you can figure out the ending cadence.
   • PAC will have Sol-Do in the bass and end on Do in the soprano.
   • IAC will have Sol-Do in the bass and end on Mi or Sol in the soprano.
   • HC will end on Sol in the bass and end on Sol, Ti, or Re in the soprano.
4. Now that you have answers for both soprano and bass lines, the Roman numerals, the function labels, and the cadence, it’s time to double check that you are correct and find mistakes.
   • Listen to the first playing again and make sure the chord quality matches your Roman numeral. Does each chord sound major or minor?
   • Make sure all of your lines of solfege, Roman numerals, function labels, and the cadence make sense together. Do the bass and soprano solfege fit in the Roman numeral you’ve chosen? (If you have Sol and Re and I at the same time that doesn’t make sense. The two solfege would make V, or Re should be Mi to keep I.)
   • If you made any mistakes, make sure you listen again to one of the playing to make sure any changes you make are correct.

Some Videos on Hearing Chords in Real Music

These five videos are by Dr. Cynthia Gonzales of Texas State University. She has chosen music that only includes primary chords. She sings solfege on top of the music (and asks you to as well) to show where these chords take place. She uses some terminology I’m unfamiliar with (Primera appears to refer to Tonic, Segunda to Dominant, and Tercera to Subdominant), but you can ignore those terms.

The basic goal is to be able to identify when the music is doing one of the three basic chords in tonal music. I like the John Prine example. Watch one or two to get the idea. If you find this helpful, watch more of them.

• singing I and V7 in Mariachi music
• singing I and V7 in Mozart
• singing I and IV and V7 in Mariachi
• singing I, IV, and V7 with John Prine
• singing I, IV, and V with African music

4/9 This Week’s Quizzes

Harmonic Dictation Quiz

The audio below includes 3 chord progressions in four voice style part writing with MIDI string sounds. They are all in major keys and only feature root position triads. For each you need to figure out 5 things:

1. the bass line in solfege,
2. the melody/soprano line in solfege,
3. the Roman numeral for each chord,
4. the function of each chord (T, P, or D), and
5. the cadence at the end (PAC, IAC, or HC)

Each chord progression is played three times. The first time all four voices are equal volume. The second time with a louder bass. The third time with a louder soprano. When you are finished, email me your answers.

Nonharmonic Tone Quiz

Please follow this link to a quiz with 10 multiple choice questions about nonharmonic tones. You will asked to name 10 different NHTs in a score excerpt that have been marked. I couldn’t figure out a way to embed audio, so here’s audio of the score in the quiz.

4/8 NHT Analysis Practice Video

4/7 NHTs HW and Video on NHTs

• Here’s the Nonharmonic Tones Homework.
  • It includes two part writings and two Bach chorale analyses.
  • NOTE! PW 2 includes the progression V to VI: when this progression occurs you have to double the third (Do) in the VI chord.
  • When you do the part writing, I recommend you write the whole exercise as usual, and then add NHTs afterward.
  • Make sure you keep track of how your NHTs affect the part writing, they can add problems if you aren’t careful. The video below shows how I handle adding NHTs to a completed part writing.
  • Here’s audio of me playing both the analysis Bach Chorales.

4/6 Week 12 Stuff

I’ll be spending most of my time today grading (for those of you who turned things in over the weekend). In the meantime, here’s what to expect this week.

We’ll be covering Chapter 6 in How Music Works on Nonharmonic Tones (NHTs). I will also us the following terms interchangeably: Nonchord tones (NCTs) and Embellishing tones. Please read this chapter in the book today. And here are related links to suplement this reading.

• The page on my website about NCTs
• An animated video on Identifying and Naming Nonchord Tones
• A song to help you remember how to spell one of the NCT names

Work for this Week
(recommended due: Sunday 4/12 11:59pm)

1. Performance: Play and Sing
   • Learning to Listen p. 52, #3
   • You choose which staff to play and which to sing.
   • Video record and email me a link as usual.
   • I recommend you work on this today and tomorrow (Mon/Tues).
2. Written HW: Analyzing and Writing NHTs
   • I will make a HW that inlcudes analyzing and writing nonharmonic tones for you tomorrow.
   • I will also make a video of me going over the chapter tomorrow and showing you how to write NHTs.
   • An example analysis video will appear on Wednesday.
   • Work on this on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
3. Aural Skills Quiz: Harmonic Dictation
   • On Thursday, I will make recordings of a few harmonic dictations where you have to figure out multiple things about chord progressions I record.
   • I will make a video on Friday of me doing a practice version of this task.
   • Work on this on Thursday and Friday.
4. Written Quiz
   • Along the way this week, I’ll give you a short online Google Forms multiple choice quiz on NHTs.
   • Probably 10 questions asking you to identify the type of NHT in a visual example or musical score excerpt.
   • It’ll show up on Thursday most likely.
   • I recommending taking this quiz on Thursday or Friday.

4/3 Melodic Dictation Video and Current Grades

I spent most of this morning grading, so if you’ve emailed me something and I haven’t responded, please contact me again.

For those of you who have finished the second written exam, I sent out a spreadsheet to you with all of my current grade information for you. Let me know if you need help understanding it. The basic thing you need is the Current Grade column that has an updated percentage. You can also check through to see that I put the right numbers in any of the given columns for specific assignments (are there any zeros?).

For those of you still working on stuff I’ve given you extensions for, I have sent you an email or we’ve been in contact today. Once you’ve completed the work due before spring break, I’ll send out your grade info.

This is a reminder that the goal is to have the inversion HW, the singing assignment, and the melodic dictation quiz turned in by Sunday evening. If you need more time that this let me know. We’ll start new stuff on Monday.

Today’s video is of me doing a few melodic dictations on teoria.com that are much harder than the ones I gave you. You can see how I handle them, and use my keyboard to help me.

4/2 Aural Skills Quiz Audio and Info

As you are working on the HW, another recommended resource is my two web pages on part-writing triad inversions:

• https://davidkulma.com/musictheory/firstinversiontriads
• https://davidkulma.com/musictheory/secondinversiontriads
  • Note that I refer to Pedal 6/4 as Neighbor 6/4, because I was teaching from a different textbook when I wrote this. It’s the same thing.

Aural Skills Quiz (2 Melodic Dictations)

• Your job for the aural skills quiz this week is to listen to two minor-key melodies I wrote. Then do one of the following for both:
  1. Write down each melody in notation.
  2. Play each melody in the same (sounding) key on a musical instrument. Any octave is fine.
  3. Sing each on video with solfege.
  4. Mix and match.
• Email me your resulting melodies.
• Please use the musical instruments at your disposal to complete this assignment.
• Tomorrow I will upload a video of me doing melodic dictation from teoria.com to show you how I would approach figuring out the melodies.
• Each track below includes chords to indicate the key, I play the starting pitch, and the count off one measure. You can download the audio by clicking on the three dots on the right of the player.

Melody No. 1

Melody No. 2

4/1 Practice Keyboard Style Analysis Video

• Here’s a recording of the Haydn Piano Sonata on the HW: Hob. XVI/35, first movement.
• Here’s a recording of the Haydn Piano Sonata I analyze (and play badly) in today’s video: Hob. XVI/1, first movement.
• If you are interested, years ago I made some fancy, educational videos on YouTube realted to this content. I’ll link to those below.

• Three Animated Music Theory Videos:
  • One going over harmonic function with a Beethoven slow movement.
  • One going over keyboard textures referencing Adele’s “Someone Like You” keyboard texture.
  • One combining these two methods to analyze the Haydn Hob. XVI/1 sonata I analyze quickly above.

3/31 Written HW and Part Writing Videos

• Here’s the PDF of the Written HW due this week.
• I’ve made two videos today:
  • Going over first inversion triads with me part writing examples.
  • Going over second inversion triads with me part writing examples.

3/30 Week 11

I hope everyone had a good week over spring break! Here’s what’s happening this week. I recommend you turn everything in by this Sunday 4/5 at 11:59pm EDT. Here’s a list. Start on the first two things today: pratice the melodies and read about using triad inversions.

1. Performance (Monday/Tuesday)
   • Melodies from Learning to Listen: p. 38 #5, #6, #7.
   • Once you’ve practiced all three, text or email me and I’ll ask you to record yourself singing one for a grade.
   • You’ll email me a link to a video of you performing it, like we have done before.
   • If you want me to make a video of me performing/working through these melodies, let me know. Otherwise, I assume you know what to do.
2. Written Theory (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday)
   • Read all of Chapter 5 in How Music Works.
   • Here are some pages on my website to also take a look at as a resource.
     • Part Writing Tonic and Dominant
     • Part Writing Subdominant and Supertonic
     • First Inversion Triads
     • Second Inversion Triads
   • We will be focusing on adding First Inversion and Second Inversion Triads to our repertoire.
   • This week’s HW will be a combination of part writing and analysis. I will have the assignment for you tomorrow.
3. Ear Training (Thursday/Friday)
   • Minor Key Melodic Dictation Quiz Equivalent
   • I’ll record two short melodies, which you’ll need to write down and email me.
4. Miscellaneous (As needed throughout the week)
   • Rather than assign you a fourth thing, this week is a chance to catch up for those of you that still need to turn things in.
   • If you need further extensions, just let me know.
   • I will also email each of you this week with your full grade including all the work up to Written Exam 2. You will see the whole line in my spreadsheet, so you’ll know exactly anything you’ve missed and the exact grade you have on each graded thing so far.

What to Expect in This Week’s Posts

• Tuesday: Videos of me going over the new information about part writing triad inversions. You’ll also get the HW.
• Wednesday: Video of me doing a sample analysis like on the HW.
• Thursday: Video of me going over how to do the melodic dictation quiz. You’ll also get the specifics on and the audio for the quiz.
• Friday: I’ll go over the written exam, assuming everyone has turned it in. If you want something else specific, let me know.

Welcome back! Drop me an email or text if you have any questions.

3/20 Day 2 of Reviews Videos and Exam Due Tonight
(Can Get Extension)

Today’s videos are a review of the first half of Chapter 5 of How Music Works and a part-writing practice that is very similar to the one on the exam. I highly recommend you watch the part writing video if you are having trouble with the second page of the exam.

If you need an extension on any of the work due this week, please let me know. Next Week is spring break, I hope you have time to actually take some time off from school work. I will be checking my email less often during the break, so texting me is the fastest way to contact me. We’ll start new stuff on Monday, 3/30.

3/19 Day 1 of Review Videos

Another update on Summer Theory II: Yes, summer theory has been moved to an online course rather than in-person (for safety reasons related to COVID-19), and it will be offered during Summer II session, June 5 – July 29.

Today’s videos include a review of chapters 3 and 4 of How Music Works and an example chorale analysis to help approach the exam. My plan for tomorrow’s videos are a review of chapter 5 and an example part writing that is like the exam. If you want me to cover something else or answer a specific question, let me know.

If you need an extension on anything this week, including the exam, drop me an email and we can come up with new due dates for you. The main reason I have the exam due tomorrow night is so that you actually have a spring break. I’m trying to avoid assigning you work over that time.

3/18 Part Writing HW Videos

Here are the people who have turned in the homework. If you are not on this list, please get it to me soon for partial credit.

• Abby
• Alora
• Ashley
• Caillean
• Hatti
• Michaela
• Shandi

I made three videos of me doing the HW.

1. Me explaining a little about root position part writing and then doing p. 39
2. Me saying a couple of things about p. 48 and then doing p. 49
3. Me correcting mistakes I found in people’s HW on p. 39.

Please let me know if you need some help or guidance. Tomorrow and Friday will be videos of me going over information and doing some examples like the exam to prepare you for it. If there is anything you want to make sure I include in the next two videos, please let me know.

3/17 Summer Theory II and Written Exam 2 Stuff

Dr. Noh emailed me this morning about Summer Theory II (your way to make sure you stay on track to take Theory III in the fall). It is going to be offered online during Summer II.

Also, a bunch of you have turned in the part writing HW, but it would be helpful to me if more of you turned that in today. If I know your current skill level, that will help me make a better video to prepare you to take this week’s exam.

• Here is the PDF of Written Exam 2.
• It is due this Friday 3/20 at 11:50pm in my email.
  • You can either print it out and scan it (take pictures) and email it to me.
  • Or, if needed, you can write out your answers on your own paper and take pictures of that.
  • Or you can type out your answers and email me those.
  • If you want to put your part writing answers into a notation software, that would work as well.
  • If you need another way to complete the exam, let me know and I will work with you to make sure you can.
• Here is an audio recording of the Bach Chorale so you can listen to it. If you click on the three dots on the right of the audio, you can download the mp3.

• Finally, here is a video of me going over how to take the exam.

3/16/20 (2) Today’s Videos

Here are the two videos: one each for the keyboard assignment and the play and sing. All the videos will also be in this YouTube playlist.

3/16/20 (1) Welcome to our class website

Hi Music Theory I students,

So here is the new class website. I will post what you need to know here, and will provide uploads, links, etc. to any materials along the way. Updates to this page will appear at the top, while previous updates will move down the page.

For This Week (4 Things)

1. Turn in the Part Writing HW from last week.
   • Due Today Monday 3/16 at 11:59pm in my email. (Will accept it late, but I want to make a video going over it tomorrow.)
   • Please either scan or take a photo of each page of this HW, and email me those scanned documents or photos at dkulma@kent.edu.
   • If you want to go over any of this before you turn it in, please send me an email or text (216-215-4605).
2. Turn in the diatonic seventh chords keyboard assignment.
   1. Recommended completion: Tuesday at 11:59pm in my email.
   2. Choose either F major and F minor OR G major and G minor.
   3. Video record yourself playing all seven diatonic seventh chords in your chosen major key and minor key. 14 chords total.
   4. When video recording, please set it up so I can see your hands, and, if possible, your upper body and face.
   5. Please announce your name and the keys you’ve chosen before you play.
   6. Upload the resulting video(s) somewhere online. YouTube is one option. I recommend making the videos unlisted.
   7. Then share links to these videos with me via email.
   8. If you do not have a keyboard available to do this assignment, let me know and I will have you do something else.
3. Perform Play and Sing #2 from Learning to Listen p. 51.
   • Recommended completion: Wednesday at 11:59pm in my email.
   • You are singing and playing the piano simultaneously in two-part music.
   • You can either play the treble and sing the bass OR sing the bass and play the treble.
   • Choose which, and video record yourself using the instructions above for the keyboard assignment.
   • Make sure you are singing on solfege. You do not need to conduct.
   • Again if you don’t have a keyboard, tell me and I will find a way for you to do a comparable task for this assignment.
4. You will have the equivalent of Written Exam 2 this week. It will be like a take home exam that you can complete at your leisure. You will have to turn it in by 11:59pm Eastern Time on Friday 3/20. I will upload it tomorrow morning. It will cover sections of Chapters 3, 4, and 5 in How Music Works.
   • Chapter 3: building and identifying triads and seventh chords, chord members, inversions and inversion symbols, figured bass, diatonic triads and seventh chords
   • Chapter 4: harmonic progression, function and function symbols, and harmonic rhythm
   • In Chapter 5: part writing voices, spacing, open vs close position, types of motion, connecting root position triads. We will part write triad inversions after spring break.

What you will see from me

Videos (or other resources) will hopefully include:

• Mon: Example videos of me performing the play and sing and the diatonic seventh chords, so you know what to do.
• Tues: Short video taking you through the exam, since it will be in a different format.
• Wed: Me going over the part writing HW once it has been collected and graded.
• Thurs and Fri: Review video(s) going over the stuff you need for the exam. Let me know what you want me to spend more time on.

If any of this changes, I will let you know. A website update later today will include the example performance videos.

If You Need to Talk to Me

If you have any questions, concerns, ideas, etc., please email or text me (216-215-4605). Texting is quicker between 8am and 10pm. I am happy to set up a phone call, skype session, or text with you. We can also do a group study session if any one is interested.

If anything on this page is confusing or wrong, please let me know and I will fix it.

Have a good day!

David