Music 205: Course Schedule

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Date Prepare for Class Assignments Due
W 1/8 Syllabus & Schedule
Review
R R-F Chapter 7 Review Analysis #1
KEYBOARD SKILLS #1 Scales: 3 flats & 3 sharps (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #14
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 95 (c)
use 3 different voicings
M 1/13 O/R 7.1 Review Analysis #2
T R-F Chapter 7 Listening & Analysis #1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (1 movement)
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2 (1st movement)
W O/R 7.1 submit MG stats
melodic: 1; harmonic: 1 & 3; rhythmic: 1
R R-F Chapter 7 wkbk pp. 69-71
KEYBOARD SKILLS #2 Scales: 4 flats (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #15
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 75 (a) & (c)
M 1/20 No Class MLK Day
T R-F Chapter 8 wkbk pp. 72-73, exercises #3, 4, 5
Springfield Listening Assignment (#2-part A)
W O/R 7.2 submit MG stats
melodic: 2; harmonic: 2 & 4; rhythmic: 2
R R-F Chapter 8 wkbk p. 77
R 1/23 Springfield Lecture Evergreen, 7:30 p.m.
KEYBOARD SKILLS #3 Scales: A-flat major & minor
F major & minor
Sing & Play: #16
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 81 (b) & (f)
M 1/27 O/R 8.1 wkbk pp. 78-79
Springfield Listening Assignment (#2-part C)
T R-F Chapter 9 Listening & Analysis #3**
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (1 scene)
Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74, No. 3 (2 movements)
W O/R 8.1 submit MG stats
melodic: 3; harmonic: 5 & 6; rhythmic: 3
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R Chapter 9 wkbk pp. 83-84
KEYBOARD SKILLS #4 Scales: 4 sharps (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #17
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 87 (a) & (d)
M 2/3 O/R 8.2 wkbk p. 85
T R-F Chapter 13 Listening & Analysis #4
Mozart: Horn Concerto, K. 447 (1st movement)
Granados: Spanish Dances (two dances)
W O/R 9.1 submit MG stats
melodic: 4; harmonic: 5 & 6; rhythmic: 4
R R-F Chapter 13 wkbk p. 112
KEYBOARD SKILLS #5 Scales: E major & minor
C-sharp major & minor
Sing & Play: #18
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 63 (c)
R-F wkbk p. 81 (g)
M 2/10 O/R 9.2 wkbk pp. 109-110
T Review Listening & Analysis #5
Verdi, La traviata (1 scene)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (3rd movement)
W O/R 9.3 submit MG stats
melodic: 5; harmonic: 7 & 8; rhythmic: 5
R 2/13 Test #1
KEYBOARD SKILLS #6 Scales: 5 flats (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #19
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 95 (i) (j) & (k)
M 2/17 O/R 9.3
T R-F Chapter 14 Listening & Analysis #6
Schubert, Symphony No. 4 (1 movement)
Brahms Requiem (1 movement)
W O/R 9.4 submit MG stats
melodic: 6; harmonic: 7 & 8; rhythmic: 6
R R-F Chapter 14 wkbk pp. 114-117 #4, analysis of example 14.3
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KEYBOARD SKILLS #7 Scales: 5 sharps (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #20
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 121 (a) & (d)
Date Prepare for Class Assignments Due
M 2/24 O/R 10.1-10.2 wkbk pp. 118-119
exercises #2, 3, 5
T R-F Chapter 15 Listening & Analysis #7
Schumann, R: Caranaval, Op. 9
(Eusebius, Florestan, and two more)
Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor (one movement)
W O/R 10.3-10.4 submit MG stats
melodic: 7; harmonic: 9; rhythmic: 7
R R-F Chapters 15 & 16 wkbk p. 127
KEYBOARD SKILLS #8 Scales: 6 flats (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #21
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 129 (a) & (d)
M 3/3 O/R 10.5-10.6 wkbk p. 126
T R-F Chapter 16 Listening & Analysis #8**
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Bach, C.P.E.: Sonata, Wq. 55 (1 complete sonata)
W O/R 10.5-10.6 submit MG stats
melodic: 8; harmonic: 9; rhythmic: 8
R 3/6 Test #2
KEYBOARD SKILLS #9 Scales: 6 sharps (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #22
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 121 (f)
R-F wkbk p. 129 (c)
3/10 3/14 Spring Break HOMEWORK:
Be able to spell a dominant seventh chord on any pitch
watch those accidentals!
Label the leading tone and seventh of each chord, and
know their resolutions!
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M 3/17 O/R 11.1
T R-F Chapter 17 Listening & Analysis #9
Martinez, Marianne: Sonata in A major
Schumann, Clara: Trio in G minor (one movement)
W O/R 11.2 submit MG stats
melodic: 9; harmonic: 10; rhythmic: 9
R R-F Chapter 17 wkbk pp. 141-142
KEYBOARD SKILLS #10 Scales: 7 flats (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #23
Progressions: R-F text, p. 392 (a) (c)
R-F text p. 394 (h)
M 3/24 O/R 12.1 wkbk p. 143
T R-F Chapters 17 & 18 Listening & Analysis #10
Bach, J.S.: Cantata No. 140
(chorale and two other movements)
Haydn, Symphony No. 90 (two movements)
W O/R 12.1 submit MG stats
melodic: 10; harmonic: 11; rhythmic: 10
R R-F Chapter 18
Singers Tour (departs at 11 a.m.)
wkbk pp. 149-151
KEYBOARD SKILLS #11 Scales: 7 sharps (major & minor)
Sing & Play: #24
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 147 (a) (d) (g)
M 3/31 O/R 12.2 wkbk pp. 153-154, exercises #2, 4, 6
T 4/1 R-F Chapter2 18 & 19 Listening & Analysis #11
1 scene from two different operas:
Menottis The Medium; Mozarts Impressario;
Offenbachs Le 66
W O/R 12.3 submit MG stats
melodic: 11; harmonic: 12; rhythmic: 11
R R-F Chapter 19 wkbk wkbk p. 162
KEYBOARD SKILLS #12 Scales: All major scales
Sing & Play: #25
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 155 (b) (c) (e)
Music 205: Course Schedule
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M 4/7 O/R 13.1 pp. 157-161
T R-F Chapter 19 Listening & Analysis #12**
Saint-Sans: Carnival of the Animals (three animals)
Schubert: Die schne Mllerin (two songs)
W O/R 13.1 submit MG stats
melodic: 12; harmonic: 13; rhythmic: 12
R R-F Chapter 20 wkbk pp. 163-164
KEYBOARD SKILLS #13 Scales: All minor scales
Sing & Play: #26
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 165 (a) (b) (c) (d)
M 4/14 O/R 13.2 wkbk. pp. 173-174
T R-F Chapter 20 Listening & Analysis #13**
Mozart: Piano Concerto K. 488 (one movement)
Vivaldi: Lestro armonico, Op. 3, No. 8 (complete)
W O/R 13.2 submit MG stats
melodic: 13; harmonic: 15; rhythmic: 14
4/17-4/18 Easter Recess
M 4/21 O/R 13.3 wkbk pp. 167-172
wkbk p. 104, #9
T Review R-F Chapter 11
R-F Chapter 12
Listening & Analysis #14**
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (one movement)
Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 64, No. 2 (two movements)
W Review/Course Evaluations submit MG stats
melodic: 13; harmonic: 15; rhythmic: 14
R R-F Chapter 12 wkbk pp.101-4 (#1-8)
and either wkbk pp. 105-6 #2 or p. 107
F 4/25 AWARDS CONVOCATION & URCAS MasterSingers perform Brubeck in the evening!!
T 4/29
or
F 5/2
5:30 p.m. Test #3
or
1:00 p.m. Test #3
Tuesday, 4/29, 5:30 p.m.
or
Friday, 5/2, 1:00 p.m.
KEYBOARD SKILLS FINAL Scales: All scales
Sing & Play: #27
Progressions: R-F wkbk p. 165 (h)
R-F wkbk p. 179 (a) (b)
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