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*Students will be able to write a given triad in any inversion. | *Students will be able to write a given triad in any inversion. | ||
*Students will understand figured bass or slash-chord notation for all inversions. | *Students will understand figured bass or slash-chord notation for all inversions. | ||
*Students will learn about open versus closed chord voicing | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
==== Readings ==== | |||
* OpenMusicTheory: [http://openmusictheory.com/triads.html Triads & Seventh Chords] | |||
* Teoria.Com Tutorial: | |||
** [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/40 Introduction to chords] | |||
** [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/43 Diatonic Triads] | |||
** Triads in [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/60 First Inversion], [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/61 Second Inversion] | |||
** [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/51 Chord Voicing] | |||
* MusicTheory.Net Tutorial: | |||
*# [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/01-chord-scale.php Chord Construction] | |||
*# Triad types: [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/02-major.php Major], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/03-minor.php Minor], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/05-aug.php Augmented], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/04-dim.php Diminished] | |||
*# [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/06-symbols.php Chord Symbols] | |||
*# [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/chords/07-inversions.php Inversions] | |||
* MyMusicTheory: [https://www.mymusictheory.com/for-students/grade-6/172-a8-figured-bass Lesson 8 - Introduction to Figured Bass] | |||
* ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:'' | |||
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/triads.pdf Triads] | |||
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/triads-in-inversion.pdf Inverted Triads] | |||
** [https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/figured-bass.pdf Figured Bass] | |||
* ''How Music Works:'' | |||
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/703/Playing-with-Chords/Slash-Chord-Notation Slash Chord Notation] | |||
** [https://www.howmusicworks.org/701/Playing-with-Chords/Alternate-Chord-Symbols Alternate Chord Symbols] | |||
* Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'' | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/TriadsIntroduction.html Chapter 6.1: Introduction to Triads] | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/LeadSheetSymbols.html Chapter 6.2: Lead-Sheet Symbols] | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/InvertedTriads.html Chapter 6.3: Inverted Triads] | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/AnalyzingChords.html Chapter 6.4: Analyzing Chords] | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FiguredBassHistoricalContext.html Chapter 16.1: Figured Bass Historical Context] | |||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FiguredBassInversionSymbols.html Chapter 16.2: Figured Bass Inversion Symbols (Triads only)] | |||
==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
*Deriving triads in major and minor keys or modes | *Deriving triads in major and minor keys or modes | ||
*Writing a given type of triad using a given note as root, third, or fifth | *Writing a given type of triad using a given note as root, third, or fifth | ||
*Writing a triad in different inversions | *Writing a triad in different inversions | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 30 July 2020
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category. |
Objectives
- Students will be able to write a major, minor, augmented and diminished triads using a given note as root, third, or fifth.
- Students will be able to identify the inversion of a given triad.
- Students will be able to write a given triad in any inversion.
- Students will understand figured bass or slash-chord notation for all inversions.
- Students will learn about open versus closed chord voicing
Resources
Readings
- OpenMusicTheory: Triads & Seventh Chords
- Teoria.Com Tutorial:
- MusicTheory.Net Tutorial:
- Chord Construction
- Triad types: Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished
- Chord Symbols
- Inversions
- MyMusicTheory: Lesson 8 - Introduction to Figured Bass
- Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:
- How Music Works:
- Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom
Class Activities
- Deriving triads in major and minor keys or modes
- Writing a given type of triad using a given note as root, third, or fifth
- Writing a triad in different inversions
- Identifying a triad in different inversions using both figured bass and slash-chord notation
Assignments
- Writing triads in different inversions
- Identifying triads for root and inversion