Melody and Rhythm: Semester 1: Moveable Do, La-Based Minor

Melody and Rhythm: Semester 1: Moveable Do, La-Based Minor image
ISBN-10:

1974212823

ISBN-13:

9781974212828

Author(s): Stevens, Bill
Released: Aug 02, 2017
Format: Paperback, 214 pages
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Description:

Melody and Rhythm is a two-year course of study in sight singing and aural skills. This is semester 1, with pedagogy customized for movable do and la-based minor. Distinguishing features: High quality examples: 90 rhythms and 240 melodies; Wide range of styles and composers; Smooth pacing; Ample minor key material; Lots of duets and canons; Listening examples to ground concepts in music from popular culture; Examples with figured bass, harmonic analysis, and lead-sheet-style chord symbols; Consistent structure for ease of use; Emphasis on music by women; Jam sessions for group improvisation; An essay on effective practice; Course Outline 1 Beats and Divisions of Beats (Rhythm Only) 1.1 Simple Meter 1.2 Compound Meter 1.3 Mixed Examples 2 Learning the Sound of Major and Minor (Simplified Melodic Notation) 2.1 Stepwise Motion in the Major Key 2.2 Stepwise Motion in the Minor Key 2.3 One-Five Skips 2.4 Third Skips in the Tonic Triad 3 Duets, Ties, and Syncopation (Rhythm Only) 3.1 Duets 3.2 Ties in Simple Meter 3.3 Ties in Compound Meter 4 Clefs and Key Signatures (Full Notation) 4.1 Clefs and Major Keys 4.2 Minor Key Signatures 4.3 Key Signatures with More Sharps or Flats 4.4 Sixth Skips in the Tonic Triad 5 Subdivisions in Simple Meter (Rhythm Only) 5.1 Sixteenth Notes in Groups of Two and Four 5.2 Dotted and Syncopated Eighth Notes 5.3 Ties with Subdivisions 6 Basic Diatonic Skips 6.1 Two-Five Skips 6.2 Third Skips in the Dominant Triad 6.3 Diatonic Thirds 6.4 Chains of Third Skips


























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