due 3 Nov

rhythm: 187, 517, 505
for more practice: 181-188, 516-521; 502-506

melody: 376, 489, 347, 352
for more practice: anything in chapters 1-6.

harmony: iii in major, III in minor.

due 25 Oct

rhythm: ottman: 901, 902, 904
melody: 453, 458, 461, 478
harmony: 468 (I, V, V7), 469 (I, ii, V7, vi), 486 (i, ii°, V, V7, VI) — these are rounds. practice with a friend, a piano, a tape recorder. figure out what the harmonies are.

for more practice:

ottman: 451, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 464, 470, 472, 474, 481, 483, 484, 488.

horvit (dictation book/CD):
you should be able to do any of the following:

intervals, scales, Major/minor chords. work on all of them.

unit 2: rhythm 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14; melody prelim. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18; melodies 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14

unit 3: melody prelim. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18; melodies 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13

unit 4: rhythm 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16; melody prelim. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10; melodies 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15; harmonic all (just the roman #)

unit 5: rhythm 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16; melody prelim. 3, 5; melodies 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16; harmony 1-10.

unit 6: rhythm 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16; melody prelim. 1 - 5; melodies 1, 2, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16; harmony: 2, 6, examples 3, 4

unit 9: rhythm 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13

due 13 Oct

rhythm: ottman 494, 495, 498, 501 (count & clap, sing & tap, sing & conduct!)
melody:
• P8 and P5 (sing many of them w/ a piano)
• ottman: 118, 120, 171, 178; 138, 142, 144, 146; 276, 277, 280, 283; 334, 338
[for more practice see 110, 113, 114, 116, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 173; 143, 145; 268, 273]
harmony:
• major — I, ii, IV, V, vi
• minor — i, iv, V, VI, VII
download pdf of songs to practice harmony (dictation 20 september).

due 29 Sep (see major changes in syllabus):

rhythm: ottman 490-92, 496-97, 499-500.
melody: there was an old woman, riding in a buggy, wayfaring stranger, mush toddin.
harmony:
• major — I, ii, IV, V (yellow submarine, there was an old woman)
• minor —i, iv, V, VII (wayfaring stranger, mush toddin)

melodies are here. harmonies are there, too, except for yellow submarine. it will be helpful for you to also label the chords with the appropriate roman numerals. see extra help, if you don't already know how to do this.

due Mon 20 Sep:

download the pdf here.
• be ready to perform the three rhythm exercises (in all three ways: count & clap, conduct & sing, and sing & tap subdivisions) and the three melodies.

• some songs to work on chord progressions using I, IV, and V.

due Mon 8 Sep:

• make up four melodies, two using only do, re, & mi (major), and two using only la, ti, & do (minor).
— use 4/4, 2/4, and 3/4 at least once.
— use only whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests.
— be able to perform your exercises.
— make two copies: one for you and one for me.

due Wed 1 Sep:

•make up four rhythm exercises using whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests.
— use 4/4, 2/4, and 3/4 at least once.
— be able to perform your exercises in all three ways we discussed in class: count & clap, conduct & sing, sing and tap.
— make two copies: one for you and one for me.