Unit 6
Diatonic Sevenths

Step 1

  • Explore these resources; Take notes as needed

  1. Seventh Chords

  2. More 7th Chords

  3. Diatonic 7th Chords

  4. Roman Numeral Seventh Chords

  5. Chord Identification

  6. Keyboard Chord

  7. Chord Ear training

  8. Great 7th Chord Chart

  9. How 7th Chords Work

  10. How 7th Chords Work Cont. 

 

Step 2

  • See your instructor for a Formative Gateway Assessment. Done. 

 
 
Inversions

Step 1

  • Explore these additional resources to supplement your training

  1. Triad Inversion

  2. Roman Numerals

  3. Seventh Chord Inversions

  4. Roman 7ths

  5. Analysis

  6. Triads in First

  7. Triads in Second

  8. Chord Ear training

  9. Keyboard Training

  10. Really Good Nomenclature Chart

  11. How to Invert Chords

 

Step 2

  • Use Alfred Essentials of Music Theory on the Web Volume 3 to hone your knowledge and skills

  • Unit 13

  1. Triads-1st Inversion

  2. Triads-2nd Inversion

  3. V7 Chord Inversions

  4. Figured Bass

  5. Major Chord Progression

  6. Ear Training

  7. Review

 

Step 3

  • Post a screen shot of your review results. Done. 

 

Step 4

 

  • Use this link to administer a screen shot of 10 consecutive questions Ear training

 

  • Use this link to administer a screen shot of 10 consecutive questions Keyboard

 

 

7ths & Inversion Reflection:

 

Step 5

  • Answer the following questions regarding Dominant 7th Chords & Inversions

  1. What is the purpose of inversions? To provide smooth transitions between chords and to give a different sound to a cluster of notes. 

  2. What material would you feel confident explaining to your classmates? I think I could explain most of everything, especially secondary dominant chords and their inversions. 

  3. What material would you not feel confident explaining? I would feel pinched explaining secondary dominant chords & the nomenclature associated. 

  4. What material do you think you understand but cannot explain at this point? Giving the figured bass and the accompanying roman numerals and chord symbol notation. 

  5. What can you do to prepare yourself to be able to explain this material? Practice, practice, practice :):)

 
Finale Project/Summative Assessment

Step 1

  • Create an 8 bar chord progression (review rules) with half note chords (16 total) in Finale using traditional & dominant 7th chords demonstrating a combination of

  1. Root Position

  2. First Inversion

  3. Second Inversion

  4. Third Inversion

 

Step 2

  • Label all chords using nomenclature

 

Step 3

  • Provide a screen shot and an audio file 

 

 
Secondary Dominant Chords

Step 1

  • Use these resources; Take notes as needed

  1. Secondary Dominants Explained

  2. Harmonic Functions

  3. Schubert Unfinished Symphony V/ii

  4. Rossini Overture to William Tell V/V

  5. Haydn Surprise Symphony V/V

  6. Mendelssohn Italian Symphony V/V

  7. Verdi Grand March Aida V/V to V7

  8. Offenbach from Orpheus in Hades V/V

 

Step 2

  • Provide a brief summary in your own words to define/describe secondary dominant chords and why you might choose to use them in a chord progression (their purpose). Secondary dominant chords are built from taking the 5th (or any chord) from a certain key, and finding the dominant of that key. They are used to create more interesting harmonic patters to create movements and emphasis on certain phrases/movements. 

 

Step 3

  •  See your instructor to access the Secondary Dominant Practice Sheet. Done. 

 

Step 4

  1. Roman numeral nomenclature for each chord symbol

  2. Cadence identification in M14(far, a long, long way to run)

  3. Cadence identification at the end of the first ending(back to do-oh-oh-oh)

  4. Cadence identification at the conclusion of the song(do-sol-do)

  5. 2 Secondary Dominant Chords and their resolution (hint: they resolve to where they were borrowed from)

 

Step 5

  • See your instructor for the Remixing Bach Counterpoint Worksheet. Done. 

 

 

 

Modulation

Step 1

  • Use these resources; Take notes as needed

  1. Modulation Explained

  2. How and Why

  3. Harmonic Functions

  4. Music Theory 4 Videos

  5. Modulation by Ear

  6. Popular Modulating Music

  7. How to Change Keys

 

Step 2

  • Answer the following questions in your own words

 

  1. What is modulation? A modulation is the act of changing from one key to another within a piece. 

  2. Why would modulation be used in a composition? There could be a structure change that's wanted, and because it sounds so interesting, it's supposed to change the energy completely. It's for people like to me scream "KEY CHANGE!"

  3. What types of modulations are there? There are direct modulations, parallel modulations, and pivot modulations, enharmonic modulations, common-tone modulations, phrase modulations, sequential modulations, chain modulations, and common-chord modulations. 

  4. Cite 3 of your favorite songs that modulate. Say No To This, by the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton; Sacred Heart, by The Civil Wars; Un Sospiro, by Liszt. 

  5. What listening clues heard in the Rainbow Connection indicate a modulation? There's a little crescendo with a pivot chord (I think?) leading into the modulation with the word "magic". 

  6. Cite the time of the change and provide the lyric location. It's at 2:08