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*Focus on: MM, Mm, mm, dm, dd, mM chords. | *Focus on: MM, Mm, mm, dm, dd, mM chords. | ||
*Student will be able to derive seventh chords from a major and minor scale. | *Student will be able to derive seventh chords from a major and minor scale. | ||
*Student will be able to notate 7th chords in various notations (figured bass or lead sheet | *Student will be able to notate 7th chords in various notations (figured bass or lead sheet notation). | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
====Readings==== | |||
*OpenMusicTheory: [http://openmusictheory.com/triads.html Triads & Seventh Chords] | |||
*MusicTheory.Net Tutorial: | |||
**Seventh Chords [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/45 Part 1], [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/48 Part 2] | |||
**[https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/47 Seventh Chord Inversion] | |||
*Teoria.com Tutorial: | |||
**[https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/08-sevenths.php Seventh Chords] | |||
*''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:'' | |||
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/diatonic-seventh-chords.pdf Diatonic Seventh Chords] | |||
*''How Music Works:'' | |||
**[https://www.howmusicworks.org/702/Playing-with-Chords/Chord-Inversions 7.2 Chord Inversion] | |||
**[https://www.howmusicworks.org/701/Playing-with-Chords/Alternate-Chord-Symbols 7.3 Alternate Chord Symbols] | |||
**[https://www.howmusicworks.org/703/Playing-with-Chords/Slash-Chord-Notation 7.4 Slash Chord Notation] | |||
*Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'' | |||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SeventhChordsIntroduction.html Chapter 8.1: Introduction to Seventh Chords] | |||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FiguredBassInversionSymbols.html Chapter 16.2: Figured Bass Inversion Symbols] | |||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FiguredBassAdditionalInformation.html Chapter 16.5: Additional Information] | |||
*Tobey, ''A Feeling for Harmony'': [http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/Book1/FFH1_CH6/6D_FiguredBassChordInve.html Figured Bass Chord Inversions] | |||
*''Music Notes Now'': [https://www.musicnotes.com/now/tips/a-complete-guide-to-chord-symbols-in-music/ A Complete Guide to Chord Symbols] | |||
====Tools==== | |||
*[https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/10-const.php Teoria.com Chord Constructor] | |||
*[https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/11-geom.php Teoria.com Geometrical Chord Constructor] | |||
==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
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*Writing seventh chords | *Writing seventh chords | ||
*Identifying seventh chords | *Identifying seventh chords | ||
====Drills==== | |||
*Teoria.com | |||
**[https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4i.php Seventh Chord Identification] | |||
**[https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4sc.php Seventh Chord Construction from Chord Symbol] | |||
**[https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4c.php Seventh Chord Construction] | |||
*Musictheory.net | |||
**[https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/chord-construction Chord Construction] | |||
**[https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/chord Chord Identification] | |||
**[https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keyboard-chord Keyboard Chord Identification] | |||
**[https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/fretboard-chord Fretboard Chord Identification] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category. |
Objectives
- Students will be able to construct any type of seventh chord with a given note as root, third, fifth, or seventh.
- Students will be able to invert any type of seventh chord with a given note as root, third, fifth, or seventh.
- Focus on: MM, Mm, mm, dm, dd, mM chords.
- Student will be able to derive seventh chords from a major and minor scale.
- Student will be able to notate 7th chords in various notations (figured bass or lead sheet notation).
Resources
Readings
- OpenMusicTheory: Triads & Seventh Chords
- MusicTheory.Net Tutorial:
- Seventh Chords Part 1, Part 2
- Seventh Chord Inversion
- Teoria.com Tutorial:
- Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:
- How Music Works:
- Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom
- Tobey, A Feeling for Harmony: Figured Bass Chord Inversions
- Music Notes Now: A Complete Guide to Chord Symbols
Tools
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of seventh chord types including classical and lead sheet naming conventions
- Construction and performance of a given seventh chord
Assignments
- Writing seventh chords
- Identifying seventh chords
Drills
- Teoria.com
- Musictheory.net