Upcoming Music Theory Presentations by Gil DeBenedetti
Advanced Placement Summer Institute, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 7 - 11
College Board, Advanced Placement Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, July 19, 2008
Advanced Placement Summer Institute, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina July 28 to Aug. 1
LISTEN to a chord progression.
HOW WELL can you take down the soprano and bass
notes, as well as write Roman and Arabic numerals? Find out! It's easy:
1. DOWNLOAD the answer sheets (pdf files).
Answer sheets for CD 1
Audio clips of related real music follow the numbers for a set of dictation exercises. These musical excerpts also appear in the Contextual Listening section of this site--mostly on the Cadences and Harmonic Progression pages.
CD 1
3. DOMINANT PREPARATIONS, ii AND IV
CD 2
3. vi LEADING TO DOMINANT PREPARATIONS
CD 3
ROOT POSITION DOMINANT SEVENTHS
3. THE SECONDARY DOMINANT, V/V
WHEN YOU FINISH
I have put these dictations on CD's for my students, so that is why I have
organized them that way here.
Play these between 2 and 4 times depending on the length of the phrase. Use
your judgement.
I have boosted the volume
for the soprano and bass. If you still can't
hear them, feed your audio out to some external speakers. Dinky computer speakers
could be the problem. If you still have trouble hearing the soprano and bass,
maybe you really really need to listen carefully ;-) Be patient. With practice
you will be able to hear them better and better.
Hope these are helpful!
~ Gil
2. CLICK and PLAY one of the numbers below (mp3 files).
3. WRITE the soprano, bass, Roman and Arabic numerals on the answer sheet.
4. DOWNLOAD the solutions (pdf).
...and 5. CHECK your answers!!
Solutions for CD 1
Answer sheets for CD's 2 to 4
Solutions for CD's 2 to 4
1. CADENCES
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4
2. DOMINANT EXPANSIONS WITH CADENTIAL 6/4
17 ,
18 ,
19
Schubert: Introduction to "Erlkonig"
last 3 meas's:
4/4: ii6/5 (V6/5ofV)| cad6/4 V7 | i ||
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
4/4: I | V | I | cad6/4 V ||
Schubert: Ave Maria
I - cad6/4 - V - vi
Verdi: Aida: Introduction to "La Fatal Pietra"
on the beats, meas's. 2 & 3:
4/4: i6 iv6 cad6/4 V7 | i - - - ||
20 ,
21 ,
22 ,
23 ,
24 ,
25 ,
26
J. Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
ii - V - I
Schubert: Ave Maria
vi - ii6 - V - I
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen
2/4: I | I | I | I | ii | ii | ii | V - - - | I V I ||
(first meas. incomplete)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
I - ii - V - I - V
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Kjell Baekkelund, piano
i - iv6 - V6
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453, III
4/4: I | V I | ii6 V7 | I ||
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2, K. 314, II
3/4: I | IV | Cad.6/4 V7 | I (with appogiatura) ||
Bach: Prelude 1 from Well Tempered Clavier
Edwin Fischer, piano
I ii4/2 V6 I
1. EXPANSIONS OF THE INITIAL TONIC
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
6 ,
7 ,
8 ,
9 ,
10 ,
11 ,
12 ,
13
2. OTHER DOMINANT EXPANSIONS, AND EXPANSIONS OF ii AND IV
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
i - V6/5 - i
Handel: "Hallelujah" from Messiah
I - IV I, I - IV I, I IV I, I IV I, I V - I
Attr. to C. Pezold: Minuet 1 from The Notebook of A M Bach
3/4: I - - | I6 - - | IV - V4/2 | I6 - - ||
Handel: Andante from Water Music
i to i6 with bass passing tone
Bach Family: Chorale from The Notebook of A M Bach
passing viio6
Bach Family: Minuet 2 from The Notebook of A M Bach
3/4: I - V | I - - | I - V | I - - | IV - - | I6 - - | . . .
14 ,
15 ,
16 ,
17 ,
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4: III
Leon Fleisher, piano
2/4: IV - | IV - | IV - | IV - | ii - | V - | V - | I - | ii V | I - :||
Vivaldi: Summer, II from The Four Seasons
i - - - | viio6 - V - | i - - - -||
18 ,
19 ,
20 ,
21 ,
22 ,
23 ,
24 ,
25
Schubert: Ave Maria
vi - ii6 - V - I
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
6 ,
7 ,
8 ,
9 ,
10 ,
11 ,
12 ,
13 ,
14 ,
15 ,
16 ,
17 ,
18
1. INVERSIONS OF V7
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
6 ,
7 ,
8 ,
9 ,
10 ,
11 ,
12 ,
13 ,
14 ,
15 ,
16 ,
17 ,
18 ,
19 ,
20
try the ones at
AP Central (you must first log in).
Click on "Theory Audio Prompts" for a particular year.
Then click on "Music, Question 3" or "Music, Question 4."
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