Table of Contents

• About
• Assignments & Forum
• IntMus: Theory

Welcome

• Introduction to Aural Skills

Introduction to Intervals

• Unit 1 Things to Do
• Ear Training - How Intervals Work
• Sight Singing - Simple Meters and Finding “Do”

Introduction to Diatonicism

• Unit 2 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - What Is Diatonicism?
• Ear Training - Triads in Review
• Sight Singing - Simple Meters and Finding “Do”

Introduction to Melodic Dictation

• Unit 3 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - How Rhythmic Dictation Works
• Ear Training - Hearing Intervals Harmonically
• Ear Training - Introduction to Melodic Dictation
• Sight Singing - Intervals in Context

Introduction to Seventh Chords

• Unit 4 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - How Seventh Chords Work
• Ear Training - How Seventh Chords Work in Root Position and First Inversion
• Sight Singing - Scales in Solfege

Working With Intervals

• Unit 5 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Working With Intervals
• Ear Training - How Seventh Chords Work in Second Inversion
• Sight Singing - Simple Intervals, Ascending & Descending

Building Fluency in Melodic Dictation

• Unit 6 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Building Fluency in Melodic Dictation
• Sight Singing - Sightreading, Chords I & V

Increasingly Complex Rhythms

• Unit 7 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Increasingly Complex Rhythms
• Ear Training - Seventh Chords in All Inversions
• Sight Singing - Sightreading; ii & IV

Review of Concepts

• Unit 8 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Intervals Review
• Ear Training - Scales Review
• Ear Training - Chords Review
• Ear Training - Rhythmic Dictation Review
• Ear Training - Melodic Dictation Review
• Sight Singing - Sightreading & V7

Introduction to Harmonic Dictation

• Unit 9 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Introduction to Harmonic Dictation
• Ear Training - Cadences
• Ear Training - Common Chord Progressions in Context
• Ear Training - Root Movement in Chord Progressions
• Ear Training - Root Movement Cheat Sheet
• Sight Singing - Seventh Chords; Compound Meter

Hearing Harmony

• Unit 10 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - What to Expect in Harmonic Dictation
• Ear Training - Systematic Listening in Harmonic Dictation
• Sight Singing - Major and Minor Scale Triads; Diatonic Leaps; Subdivisions of the Beat

Length and Complexity in Melody and Harmony

• Unit 11 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - More Complicated Melodies
• Ear Training - More Complicated Harmonies
• Sight Singing - Sightreading; Complicated Rhythm; Diatonic Leaps

Modal Scales, Syncopated Rhythms

• Unit 12 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Modal Scales
• Sight Singing - Syncopated Rhythm in Simple & Compound Meters

Strategies for Recognition and Error Detection

• Unit 13 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Modal Scales, Ascending and Descending Motion
• Ear Training - Syncopated Rhythms in Simple and Compound Time
• Sight Singing - Sightreading and the Scottish Snap

Mastery and Consolidation

• Unit 14 Assignment and Forum
• Ear Training - Mastery of Melodic Simple Intervals
• Ear Training - Mastery of Harmonic Simple Intervals
• Ear Training - Mastery of Triads and Their Inversions
• Ear Training - Mastery of Seventh Chords and Their Inversions
• Ear Training - Mastery of Major, Minor, and Modal Scales
• Sight Singing - Preparation for the Sight Singing Final

Hearing Music from the Page

• Unit 15 Assignment and Forum
• Hearing, Picturing, and Notating Melodic Dictation
• Finals FAQs

Introduction to Aural Skills IV

• Unit 16 Assignment and Forum
• Reviewing Modal Scales
• Sight Singing - Triplets in Simple Meters; Duplets in Compound Meters

Compound Intervals and Triads

• Unit 17 Assignment and Forum
• What Are Compound Intervals?
• The Compound Intervals Cheat Sheet
• Compound Triads
• Syncopated Rhythms in Simple Time
• Harmony - Introduction to Secondary Dominants
• Sight Singing - Complicated Rhythms; Secondary Dominants

More on Secondary Dominants

• Unit 18 Assignment and Forum
• Score Study and Piano Practice - More on Secondary Dominants
• Sight Singing - Chromaticism & Tonicization

Tonicization and Modulation

• Unit 19 Assignment and Forum
• Score Study and Piano Practice – Secondary Dominants and Root Movement
• Self-Test – Root Movement in Secondary Dominants
• Sight Singing - Modulation to the Dominant

Advancing Melodic Dictation

• Unit 20 Assignment and Forum
• Melodic Dictation With Syncopation
• Modulating Melodic Dictations
• Sight Singing - Modulations to Closely Related Keys

Chromaticism, Tonicization, and Modulation in Melody and Harmony

• Unit 21 Assignment and Forum
• Harmonic Dictation - Secondary Dominants in Minor Keys
• Pivots in Melodic Dictations
• Sight Singing - Modulations to Various Related Keys

Syncopation in Compound Time

• Unit 22 Assignment and Forum
• Rhythmic Dictation – Reviewing Compound Time
• Rhythmic Dictation – Syncopation in Compound Time
• Sight Singing - Same

Midterm Exam Review

• Unit 23 Assignment and Forum
• Methods for Success in Modulating Melodic Dictation
• Midterm Exam Sample Questions for Home Practice
• Sight Singing - Advanced Rhythm

Midterm Exam Review 2

• Unit 24 Assignment and Forum
• Sight Singing - Advanced Rhythm and Melody

Introduction to Non-Diatonic Scales

• Unit 25 Assignment and Forum
• Review of Seventh Chords
• New Material - Compound Seventh Chords
• Piano Practice - Identifying Compound Seventh Chords Functionally & Intervallically
• Piano Practice - Figuring Out Inverted Compound Seventh Chords
• Introduction to Non-Diatonic Scales
• Methods for Singing Non-Diatonic Scales (No Solfege)
• Sight Singing - Polyrhythms, Smaller Subdivisions

Introduction to Neapolitan and Augmented Sixth Chords

• Unit 26 Assignment and Forum
• Introduction to the Neapolitan Chord
• Introduction to Augmented Sixth Chords
• Sight Singing - Extreme Chromaticism, Distant Modulation

Inverted Compound Seventh Chords in Context

• Unit 27 Assignment and Forum
• Piano Practice - Finding Contexts for Seventh Chords
• Non-Diatonic Scales… Now in Descending Motion!
• Sight Singing - Modes and Tetrachords

Hearing the Harmonic Big Picture

• Unit 28 Assignment and Forum
• Compound Seventh Chords and the Harmonic Big Picture
• Increasingly Small Subdivisions in Rhythmic Dictation
• Finding Your Way in Irregular Meters
• Sight Singing - Trichords, Tetrachords, and Non-Diatonic Melodies

Borrowed Chords

• Unit 29 Assignment and Forum
• What are Borrowed Chords?
• Piano Practice - Borrowed Chords
• Sight Singing - 12-Tone Rows

Irregular Resolutions in Harmony

• Unit 30 Assignment and Forum
• What are Irregular Resolutions?
• Sight Singing Final Materials
• Rubric for Sight Singing Final
• Sight Singing Final Elements – Tips for Success
• Final Audit Prepared Material – Tips for Success

Putting It All Together

• Unit 31 Assignment and Forum
• Comprehensive Review of Intervals
• Comprehensive Review of Scales
• Comprehensive Review of Compound Triads
• Comprehensive Review of Compound Seventh Chords
• Melodic Dictation Exam Review
• Harmonic Dictation Exam Review