Roman Numeral Analysis

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category.

Objectives

• Students will be familiar with harmonic macroanalysis and roman numeral analysis.
• Students will be familiar with the names of individual scale degrees (tonic, supertonic, etc.)
• Student will be able to derive the Roman Numerals in a major or minor key
• Student will be able to label chords with the proper Roman Numeral in major and minor keys

Class Activities

• Discussion and definition of the concept of harmonic analysis
• Discussion and definition of the concept of Roman numeral analysis
• Roman numeral analysis of music from different genres and time periods

Assignments

• Translation of a macroanalyzed chord progression into Roman numeral analysis