April 2024
Intro to learning to read a full score (a score of a musical composition giving the parts for all performers on separate staves), Part Two: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor 1st movement, Allegro con brio
Listen to the Münchner Philharmoniker under Sergiu Celibidache perform Beethoven’s 5th.
Here is Richard Perlmutter’s take on Beethoven’s 5th
Learn more about Beethoven’s Fifth.
INTRO TO TRIADS Part Two
March 2024
The DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORD with special consideration of J. C. Bach’s Solfeggio in D
Intro to learning to read a full score (a score of a musical composition giving the parts for all performers on separate staves): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik 1st movement, Allegro
Listen to Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Here is Richard Perlmutter’s take on Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
A bit more information about Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
February 2024
Intro to TRIADS ~ major . minor . augmented . diminished
Intro to SCALES
Issues involved when we talk about “Knowing Your Scales”
Different types of scales ~ major, minor, chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic, dorian minor
Examples of different scales
Writing assignment
Resources
INTRO TO SONGS AND PIECES IN DORIAN MINOR KEYS
The Lion’s Royal March
Scarborough Fair
2023
HOW TO HARMONIZE A MELODY – adding chords to a melody
How to decide *when* to play a chord, with which melody note;
How to decide *which* chord to play with a melody note;
How to determine in which key you are.
Examples are All Through the Night . Mary had a little lamb . Happy Birthday