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==Objectives==

*Students will be familiar with naming conventions for popular chords and extended harmonies in different systems.
*Students will be able to derive a chord given a chord name or symbol in different systems.
*Student will be able to notate chords in slash, lead sheet, and figured bass notation
*Focus on: extended chord types (9ths, 11ths, 13ths), add2, add4, suspended, powers, 6 chords.

==Resources==

==== Readings ====

* ''Music Notes Now: [https://www.musicnotes.com/now/tips/a-complete-guide-to-chord-symbols-in-music/ "]''[https://www.musicnotes.com/now/tips/a-complete-guide-to-chord-symbols-in-music/ A Complete Guide to Chord Symbols in Music"]
* Acevedo: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tGLoG1BeYiRKGyxW78jCPvWAKNCQecYf/view?usp=sharing Handout on Chord Types]
* ''How Music Works''
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/308/Chords-and-Harmony/Harmonic-Extensions 3.8 Harmonic Extensions]
** Extended Triad-Based Chord Types:
*** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/309/Chords-and-Harmony/Other-Major-Chords 3.9 Majors], [https://www.howmusicworks.org/310/Chords-and-Harmony/Minor-Chords 3.10 Minors], [https://www.howmusicworks.org/311/Chords-and-Harmony/Diminished-Chords 3.11 Diminisheds], [https://www.howmusicworks.org/312/Chords-and-Harmony/Augmented-Chords 3.12 Augmenteds], [https://www.howmusicworks.org/313/Chords-and-Harmony/Major-Flat-Fifth-Chords 3.13 Major Flat Fifths]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/314/Chords-and-Harmony/Suspended-Chords 3.14 Suspended Chords]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/315/Chords-and-Harmony/Other-Chord-Types 3.15 Other Chord Types]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/704/Playing-with-Chords/Other-Inversions 7.4 Other Inversions]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/705/Playing-with-Chords/Synonym-Chords 7.5 Synonym Chords]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/706/Playing-with-Chords/Repeating-Notes 7.6 Repeating Notes]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/707/Playing-with-Chords/Missing-Notes 7.7 Missing Notes]
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/707/Playing-with-Chords/Missing-Notes 7.8 Required Degrees]
* ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People'': [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/extended-harmonies.pdf Extended Chords]
* Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'':
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SimpleSusChords.html Chapter 6.5: Simple Sus Chords]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/JazzChordBasics.html Chapter 31.1: Jazz Chord Basics]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/ChordSymbolSpecifics.html Chapter 31.2: Chord Symbol Specifics]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/ChordSymbolSpecifics.html Chapter 31.4: Chord Labels]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/ChordSymbolSpecifics.html Chapter 31.5: How to write Jazz Chords]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/HowToAnalyzeJazzChords.html Chapter 31.6: How to Analyze Jazz Chords]

==Class Activities==

*Discussion and definition of popular chord types versus classical naming conventions
*Discussion and definition of extended harmonies and popular/jazz naming conventions
*Construction and performance of a given popular chord or extended harmony

==Assignments==

*Writing popular chords and extended harmonies
*Identifying popular chords and extended harmonies
*Identifying and naming chords in different stylistic contexts (i.e. inverted 7th versus 6 chord)

==== Drills ====

* MusicTheory.Net:
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/chord-construction Chord Construction (suspended and altered sevenths)]
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/chord Chord Identification (suspended and altered sevenths)]
* Teoria.Com:
** [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4i.php Seventh Chord Identification (altered)]
** [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4c.php Seventh Chord Construction (altered)]
** [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/c4sc.php Seventh Chord Construction from Symbol (altered)]
** [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/xi.php Extended Chord Identification]
** [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/xc.php Extended Chord Construction]

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