Final Jury Materials are now available on the Materials page and here. Final juries are Wednesday, June 11th. Please begin preparing now!
This week we started discussing modulations to distant keys (like the Neapolitan). On the Harmonic Dictation Page there is a new guide available that shows different ways of modulating to distant keys organized by interval. Check it out! Can you sing the “pivot” chords spelled in both the old key and the new key?
For added fun, here is an example of modulating up by half steps (no pivot, just direct modulations). How many times does the piece modulate up by half step? How is the final modulation different? Post your discussion with observations, questions, and insights in the comments below!
Here is a video for Mozart’s Piano Sonata K 545 (movement 1) that demonstrates harmonic listening. See if you can identify the form as you listen!
Here are some deadlines and reminders for the next few weeks. Anything with a * includes a new addition to the website – be sure to check these items out!
Week 7:
Monday: Prepared Performance, Duets (materials available on the Duets page)*
Monday: Final Transcription Project, individual “grid” information due
Wednesday: Melodic Dictation Quiz
Week 8:
Monday: Sonata Jigsaw Assignment Due (materials available on the Form page)*
Wednesday: Harmonic Dictation Quiz
Friday: Final Transcription Project, individual transcriptions due
Week 9:
Monday: NO CLASS!
Wednesday: Form ID Quiz
Friday: Written Assignment Due (materials available on the Materials page)
Friday: Final Transcription Project, in-class workshop
The subject of notation software recently came up due to the final transcription project. As a musician, you may be interested in owning a copy of one of the “big 2” notation programs. Below is a link to a recent blog post comparing Finale and Sibelius that you might find interesting.
http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/mola-2014-presentation-a-comparison-of-finale-and-sibelius/
Questions or comments about typesetting and engraving music? Post them below!
All details and necessary files for the final project are now available in the Materials page of the website. Groups will be assigned in class today (5/5) and the first project deadline is next Monday (5/12).
Today’s office hour is rescheduled to 9:30-10:30 due to a conference call. If you cannot make that time, please email me to set up an appointment.
Details for the prepared singing assignment are listed below and in the materials section of the website.
1. Schubert: Der stürmische Morgen (song 18 from Winterreise), vocal line (complete song)
Winterreise is a song cycle comprising 24 songs. In song 1 (Gute Nacht), the protagonist hoped to marry a girl, but he must leave, in the middle of a winter night. He writes “Good Night” on her door to show her that he thought of her. As the cycle continues, he wanders on a winter journey and sings of lost love and snowy landscapes. By song 18 (Der stürmische Morgen), a storm picks up and the wanderer compares it to his own heart, wild and cold like the winter.
How the storm has torn asunder / The heavens’ grey cover! / The cloud tatters flutter / Around in weary strife. / And fiery red flames / Dart around among them; / That’s what I call a morning / That really fits my mood! / My heart sees in the heavens / Its own image painted – / It’s nothing but the winter, / Winter cold and wild! (Trans. Celia Sgroi)
Where does this song modulate? How does it modulate to and from the second key? What is the relationship between the keys? How does this song reflect the text?
Hi everyone!
My office hour (Friday 10am) is canceled this Friday, April 25th. If you need to come in to see me this week, please email me to schedule a time. Sorry for the inconvenience, and regular office hours will return for week 5.
Meghan
For this term’s written assignment, you will need to attend a concert and listen for forms in realtime. See the file below for all details: due Friday, May 30th. Questions? Concert Recommendations? Post in the comments!
