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Review Day 1: Treble and Bass Clefs, Enharmonics

Treble Clef Reading Lines Only: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Treble Clef Reading Spaces Only: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Treble Clef Reading All: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Bass Clef Reading Lines Only: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Bass Clef Reading Spaces Only: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Bass Clef Reading All: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Grand Staff Note Reading: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard Reverse ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Enharmonic Note Names (Canvas Quiz)

Review Day 1: Lessons

LMT.net: Staves and Clefs | The Chromatic Scale and The Piano
MusicTheory.net: The Staff, Clefs, and Leger Lines | Steps and Accidentals

Review Day 2: M2/m2, Major Scales, Major Triads, Major Key Signatures

Keyboard M2/m2 ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major/minor 2nds ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major Key Signatures ID (Cb, C, C#, F, F#, Gb, G): Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major Key Signatures ID (Bb, B, Db, D, Eb, E, Ab, A): Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major Key Signatures Construction: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major Scale Spelling: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major triad spelling natural roots: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Major triad spelling all roots: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Notate 7 #s and 7 flats on treble AND bass 2 times in 60 seconds (Paper Quiz)

Review Day 2: Lessons

LMT.net: Intervals 1 (M2/m2 only) | Major Scales | The Circle of 5ths | Major Key Sigs | Introducing Triads (Major only) | Key Sigs Study Tips
MusicTheory.net: Generic Intervals (2nds only) | Specific Intervals (Major and Minor 2nds only) | The Major Scale | Key Sigs (Major only) | Key Sig Calcs | Intro to Chords (Major only)

Review Day 3: M3/m3, Minor Triads, Natural Minor Scales, Minor Key Signatures

Minor triad spelling given root: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Natural minor scale spelling: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Minor Key Signatures ID (ab, a, a#, eb, e, db, d): Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Minor Key Signatures ID (g, g#, b, bb, c, c#, f, f#): Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Minor Key Signatures Construction: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard M3/m3 ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard Major/Minor Triad ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard Major/Minor Scale ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Key Signature ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom

Review Day 3: Lessons

LMT.net: Intervals 1 (M3/m3 only) | Introducting Triads (Maj and Min) | Minor Scales (Natural Minor only) | Major and Natural Minor Scales on the Piano | Key Sigs Study Tips
MusicTheory.net: Generic Intervals (3rds only) | Specific Intervals (M3/m3 only) | Minor Scales (Natural minor) | Key Sigs (Minor) | Key Sig Calcs | Intro to Chords (Major and Minor)

Review Day 4: Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Dim/Aug Triads, m7/M7/d7 spelling

Keyboard Major all minors Scale ID: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Diminished triad spelling given root: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Augmented triad spelling given root: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard All Triad ID root position: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Spelling M7/m7/d7 up only: Web | Tenuto | Classroom

Review Day 4: Lessons

LMT.net: Introducting Triads (Dim and Aug) | Minor Scales (Melodic and Harmonic Minor) | Intervals 1 (m7/M7/dim7) | Major and Natural Minor Scales on the Piano | Melodic Minor Scales on the Piano
MusicTheory.net: Minor Scales (Melodic and Harmonic minor) | Intro to Chords (Dim and Aug) | Generic Intervals (m7/M7/dim7) | Specific Intervals (m7/M7/dim7) |

Review Day 5: Root Position 7th Chords

Seventh Chord spelling M7, m7, Mm7 root position: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Seventh Chord spelling half-dim7 and dim7 root position: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Seventh Chord ID root position: Web | Tenuto | Classroom
Keyboard All 7th chords ID root position: Web | Tenuto | Classroom

Review Day 5: Lessons

LMT.net: Spelling 7th Chords | Spelling 7ths |
MusicTheory.net: Seventh Chords | Generic Intervals | Specific Intervals | Interval Inversion

Review Day 6: Chord Inversion Analysis, Roman Numerals, NCTs, Second inversion chords

Chord Inversion Analysis (Canvas Quiz)
Roman Numeral Analysis (Canvas Quiz)
NCTs (Canvas Quiz)
Second Inversion Chord Types (Canvas Quiz)

Review Day 6: Lessons

LMT.net: Roman numerals and inversions | NCTs (short version) | NCTs 1: All Except Suspensions | NCTs 2: Suspensions | Second Inversion Chords (short version) | Second Inversion Chords (full version)
MusicTheory.net: Triad Inversion Seventh Chord Inversions | Roman numeral analysis and inversions (Triads) | Roman numeral analysis and inversions (7th chords) | Sample analysis: O Canada | Specific Intervals | Interval Inversion
MT for the 21st Century: Passing tone examples | Neighbor tone examples | Appoggiatura examples | Escape tone examples | Double neighbor tones (neighbor group) | Anticipation examples | Pedal point examples | Suspension examples | Retardation examples

Review Day 7: Canvas Review Test In-Class

Secondary Dominants and Secondary LTs / Tonicization

Spelling V/x: Practice (opens in new tab)
Spelling V7/x: Practice (opens in new tab)
ID Secondary V and V7: Practice (opens in new tab)
Spelling LT/x: Practice (opens in new tab)
Spelling secondary LT sevenths: Practice (opens in new tab)
ID Secondary LT and LT7: Practice (opens in new tab)

Secondary Chords: Lessons

LMT.net: Secondary Chords | Chromatic Part Writing (Cross Relations)
MT for the 21st Century: Examples with Secondary Dominants | Secondary diminished chord examples

Secondary Chords: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Mode Mixture / Modal Borrowing / Change of Mode

Harmonic ID: Mode Mixture Triads (opens in new tab) / Mode Mixture 7ths (opens in new tab) / Mode Mixture Triads and 7ths (opens in new tab)
Spelling: Mode Mixture Triads (opens in new tab) / Mode Mixture 7ths (opens in new tab) / Mode Mixture Triads and 7ths (opens in new tab)

Mode Mixture: Lessons

LMT.net: Mode Mixture and Change of Mode
MT for the 21st Century: Examples with Mode Mixture

Mode Mixture: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Modulation

Modulation: Lessons

LMT.net: Types of Key Relationships | Modulation
MT for the 21st Century: Modulations with diatonic pivot chords | Modulations with chromatic pivot chords | Modulations without pivot chords

Modulation: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Neapolitan Chords / bII

Neapolitans: Harmonic ID (opens in new tab) / Spelling (opens in new tab)

Neapolitans: Lessons

LMT.net: Neapolitan Chords | Chromatic Part Writing (Cross Relations)
MusicTheory.net: Building Neapolitan Chords Using Neapolitan Chords | Moonlight Sonata Analysis
MT for the 21st Century: Examples of the Neapolitan Chord

Neapolitans: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Augmented 6th Chords: It+6, Fr+6, Ger+6

Neapolitans: Harmonic ID (opens in new tab) / Spelling (opens in new tab)

Augmented 6th Chords: Lessons

LMT.net: Augmented Sixth Chords | Chromatic Part Writing (Cross Relations)
MT for the 21st Century: Examples of the +6 chords

Augmented 6th Chords: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Enharmonic Reinterpretation: V7<-->Ger+6 and o7<-->o7

Enharmonic Reinterpretation: Lessons

LMT.net: Enharmonic Reinterpretation
MT for the 21st Century: Enharmonic Modulation Introduction | V7 and Ger+6 as Pivot Chords | The Fully Diminished Seventh as Pivot Chord

Enharmonic Reinterpretation: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Common-tone Diminished 7th Chords (ct o7)

Common-tone Diminished 7th Chords (ct o7): Lessons

LMT.net: Chromatic Harmony: Representative Examples

Common-tone Diminished 7th Chords (ct o7): Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Augmented Dominants (V+)

Augmented Dominants (V+): Lessons

LMT.net: Chromatic Harmony: Representative Examples

Augmented Dominants (V+): Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Vsub6 Chords

Vsub6 Chords: Lessons

LMT.net: Chromatic Harmony: Representative Examples

Vsub6 Chords: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Chromatic Analysis Summary

Superhero All Chromatic Chords: Harmonic ID (opens in new tab)

Chromatic Analysis Summary: Lessons

LMT.net: Chromatic Part Writing (Cross Relations) | Chromatic Harmony: Representative Examples | Identifying the Key | Harmonic Functions by Chord Quality | Types of Mediant Relationships

Chromatic Analysis Summary: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist

Introduction to Form

Form: Cadence ID (opens in new tab) / Small structural units ID (opens in new tab)

Introduction to Form: Lessons

LMT.net: Finding Cadences | Cadence Types | Smaller Formal Units | Simple Part Forms | Compound Part Forms (Compound Ternary) | Rondo | Sonata Form | Fugue/Invention/Canon
MT for the 21st Century: The Sentence (examples) | Periods (examples) | Double Periods | Asymmetrical Periods (3-phrase period example)

Introduction to Form: Core Repertoire


Additional pieces will be announced in class: Theory 3 Music Anthology and Spotify Playlist
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