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==Resources==
==Resources==


* ''[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People]:''
====Readings====
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-chords.pdf Altered Chords]
 
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/borrowed-chords.pdf Borrowed Chords]
*[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People'']'':''
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/the-neapolitan-six.pdf The Neapolitan Six]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-chords.pdf Altered Chords]
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-dominants.pdf Secondary Dominants]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/borrowed-chords.pdf Borrowed Chords]
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/augmented-sixth-chords.pdf Augmented Sixth Chords]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/the-neapolitan-six.pdf The Neapolitan Six]
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-and-enharmonic-modulation.pdf Altered and Enharmonic Modulation]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-dominants.pdf Secondary Dominants]
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-subdominants.pdf Secondary Subdominants]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/augmented-sixth-chords.pdf Augmented Sixth Chords]
* ''[http://openmusictheory.com Open Music Theory]:''
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-and-enharmonic-modulation.pdf Altered and Enharmonic Modulation]
** [http://openmusictheory.com/alteredSubdominants.html Chromatically Altered Subdominant Chords]
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-subdominants.pdf Secondary Subdominants]
** [http://openmusictheory.com/appliedChords.html Applied Chords]
*[http://openmusictheory.com Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory'']'':''
** [http://openmusictheory.com/modalMixture.html Modal Mixture]<br />
**[http://openmusictheory.com/alteredSubdominants.html Chromatically Altered Subdominant Chords]
**[http://openmusictheory.com/appliedChords.html Applied Chords]
**[http://openmusictheory.com/modalMixture.html Modal Mixture]
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDominants.html Chapter 17: Secondary Dominant Chords]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDiminishedChords.html Chapter 18: Secondary Diminished Chords]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/ModeMixture.html Chapter 19: Mode Mixture]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/Neapolitan.html Chapter 20: The Neapolitan Chord]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/AugmentedSixthChords.html Chapter 21: Augmented Sixth Chords]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/EnharmonicModulation.html Chapter 23: Enharmonic Modulation]
*[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:'']
**[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch2.pdf Chapter 2: “Chromatic Chords Functioning as the Predominant”]<br />


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==
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====Files====
====Files====


*Chromatic Harmony Assignment ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OUbNF9_FcqHddUyX49QcedpQND-vH0Sj/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZV_SXIG6denBmhjmXPlnNsf-T3FBM39/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jXfJo0TV3X0EL52DBpY8FkIsjXsMDmRp/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Spelling Borrowed and Neapolitan Chords in Basic Form ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohp3fDwrubkIILGYbhLXwawmLzdgiWim/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IekwrImXs9c2GFbyTyoZBRFJOteMej7X/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1463Mo8DkXYsqqr6uuc03Ms60A1n1ebp4/view?usp=sharing PDF])
 
*Spelling Augmented Sixth Chords in Basic Form ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/171SdABKgrFKn6f84gKXFFYKM5yZljr5q/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tcp7HsX48StZBrlooShRbTZhCFL6O5ha/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vx4RODXlLE8mQuV78mh4Q6_CNuvnAYcF/view?usp=sharing PDF])
==Assessments==
*Spelling Chromatic Chords in Basic Form ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1im4CgrfgMDb6nbHxjQ9rF5irc5zEWNUQ/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bD5FH8b9iGq66gHrBe9hnS6RTmZlLL8K/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m4ibYbUpgvrAWA3FbAfthj1zpo-SwDu4/view?usp=sharing PDF])
 
*Spelling Enharmonic Modulations ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUBCzhm3AZuGfQccSXHWntF3D-PLp73_/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16srPEhG0BqTo1aO1a8f3kNrggoeQ_KCZ/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s4rNX2d7qtv6TOzrs-0Bh_No4MOPQf7g/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Adding Chromatic Chords to a Diatonic Piano Passage ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r0ELXg90UJ7FkZFItvM8yhBfA1g2Sd_B/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsTOfosXEQBjkdrYfeAJVadjVys-6sLV/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UTtLYvMGtwPFK6XlnRrdZjUrloSZLHDn/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Harmonic Analysis: "Peacherine Rag" (excerpt) by Scott Joplin ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iVdIVG7i0mDmL8xcJNKqMDVUlIVhRf7a/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GxluZfgs5LQ1r4rvqTp9fmUyCMApRF_J/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lj-2VhzPqCrcZ03DPafOnQwAy7sPz9NV/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Harmonic Analysis: "Love On Top" (excerpt) by Beyoncé Knowles ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_peUdTbeWQ2ECJeni-gHbUuwuw4NqTk-/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fAftrqMhdXNW0uRwMliFvZ3YsEKmtgVK/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gmm0KX_tqDBLHE2wsQ1DtACO3VWbc__r/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/19thC/19thCMain.html Worksheets by John Paul Ito]
**[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/19thC/EnharmonicDimWksht.pdf Progressions based on enharmonic diminished-seventh chords]
**[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/19thC/Adv+6Wksht.pdf Advanced uses of +6 chords]
**[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/19thC/ChromaticModWksht.pdf Chromatic modulations]
**[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/19thC/CTWksht.pdf Common-tone (CT) chords]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 20:47, 20 August 2020

This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives[edit]

  • Students will be familiar with common chromatic harmonic vocabulary, including the Neapolitan chord, borrowed chords and augmented sixth chords.
  • Students will be able to substitute chromatic chords into a diatonic chord progression.
  • Students will be familiar with enharmonic modulation and tritone substitution.

Resources[edit]

Readings[edit]

Class Activities[edit]

  • Discussion and definition of chromatic harmonic vocabulary
  • Harmonic analysis of music from different genres and time periods
  • Substitution or insertion of chromatic chords into a given diatonic chord progression
  • Composition and improvisation of chord progressions which use altered or enharmonic modulation to modulate between two given keys

Assignments[edit]

  • Notation of various chromatic chords in a given key
  • Identification and analysis of chromatic harmony in written and recorded music
  • Substitution of chromatic chords into a diatonic chord progression
  • Composition of a chord progression which uses chromatic harmony

Files[edit]

Notes[edit]