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Music Theory Made Easy (Lessons 28-32)
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Music Theory Made Easy (Lessons 28-32)

Melody, Non-Harmonic Tones, Voice-Leading, Form, & Analysis
Created byDavid Spondike, Ph.D.
Last updated 2/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn to construct a melody
  • Learn to voice chords in 4-part harmony
  • Learn to voice-lead melodies in SATB format
  • Learn to harmonize a melody utilizing figured bass
  • Learn to avoid and detect common voice leading errors
  • Learn the different types on Non-Harmonic Tones
  • Learn about Secondary (Applied) Dominants
  • Learn Cadences
  • Learn Musical Form

Course content

4 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 26m total length

  • Part Writing Part 1: Melody and Form11:41
    Part Writing is the skill of writing harmonic lines that sound well together. This is where many students get confused by all of the rules. Here, they are all boiled down to only 10 constraints. In this first lecture, you will learn the fundamentals of melodic construction. Download the Lesson Guide.
  • Melody and Form Quiz
  • Part Writing Part 2: Non Harmonic Tones9:12
    Learn how to deal with notes that do not belong to the chord.
  • Non Harmonic Tone Quiz
  • Part Writing 3: Cadence4:10
    Learn the different types of cadences, the chord patterns that tell our ears that we are at the end of a phrase.
  • Cadence Quiz
  • Part Writing Part 4: Chord Voicing6:35
    Learn how to voice a chord for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass (SATB) Choir.
  • Voicing Quiz
  • Part Writing Part 5: Voice Leading7:15
    Learn the principals of Voice Leading, how to properly move from one chord to the next.
  • Voice Leading Quiz

Requirements

  • It is strongly suggested that students complete Lessons 1-13 and Lessons 14-27
  • You need to be able to play audio files and print PDF files for the supplement material.
  • You need to be able to read music and do a Roman Numeral Analysis of the Harmony

Description

Dr. Spondike distills the "Rules" of Voice-Leading down to their most simple and easy to understand concepts. By learning why music does what it does, the "rules" feel more like "just common sense".

  • Learn how to write Melody.

  • Learn Cadences.

  • Learn how to Voice Lead and Analyze 4-part Harmony without memorizing hundreds of rules.

  • Learn Secondary Dominants and Mode Borrowing

  • Learn how to analyze Musical Form.

Seven Lessons, Five Part-Writing Examples, Four Analyses.

Who this course is for:

  • Any student preparing to be a music major
  • Any student struggling to understand music theory
  • Piano Teachers
  • Home Schooling Families
  • Band, Choir, and Orchestra Directors

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