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== Objectives ==
== Objectives ==
* Students will be familiar with harmonic characteristics of each diatonic mode.
* Students will be familiar with harmonic characteristics of each diatonic mode.

Revision as of 16:00, 9 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives

  • Students will be familiar with harmonic characteristics of each diatonic mode.
  • Students will understand the harmonic changes which arise from the use of harmonic and melodic minor.
  • Optional: Students will become familiar with the modes of the harmonic minor scale for jazz improvisation

Resources

Class Activities

  • Determination of the diatonic chords for each heptatonic mode, and for harmonic and melodic minor
  • Analysis of modal harmony in composition from various styles
  • Improvisation and composition of harmonic accompaniment for various modal melodies

Assignments

  • Harmonization of minor and modal melodies
  • Roman numeral analysis of minor and modal music (written and recorded)
  • Properly inflecting ˆ6 and ˆ7 in a classical minor harmony

Assessments

Notes