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Pitch
Learn to read the letter names used to identify the "high-ness" and "low-ness" of musical sound.
Key Signatures
Instead of writing sharps and flats repeatedly, use key signatures to save a little time (and ink!).
Rhythm
Learn how durations in music are represented and related to each other.
Solfege (BETA)
Solfege is a set of syllables that helps musicians hear and understand the relationship between notes regardless of what the key is. It's as easy as do re mi!
Intervals
Learn how to measure and label the distance between any two pitches. Knowing this helps to improve overall intonation, whether you're playing a melody or a harmony.
Major and Minor Scales
Learn to identify notate major and minor scales using whole steps, half steps, and moveable-do solfege syllables.
Triads
Learn to recognize and spell triads, the basic building blocks of harmony.
Hearing Triads and Inversions
Learn to listen and then distinguish triads by their quality, inversion, and harmonic function.
Hearing Intervals
Train your ear to recognize interval sizes played melodically and harmonically.
Hearing Sevenths and Inversions (beta)
Learn to distinguish seventh chords by their quality, inversion, and/or harmonic function.
Seventh Chords
Instead of just three-note triads, make harmonies more interesting with four-note seventh chords.
Basic Ear Training
Learn how to hear steps, skips and intervals using the major scale and moveable do solfege.
Figured Bass Practice (beta)
Drills to enhance figured bass and inversion recognition, accuracy, and speed.
RD 1: Beat Level and First Subdivision in Simple Meter
Introduction to Simple Meter
Introduction to rhythmic dictations in simple meter, from the beat level through the first subdivision of the beat. Skills developed include rhythmic dictation, simple meter, first subdivision of the beat, ties, and beat level rests.
RD 5: Syncopation and more Advanced Rhythms in Simple Meter
Syncopation and More Tuplets in Simple Meter
Introducing rhythmic dictations that feature syncopation and more tuplets in simple meter.
RD 6: Syncopation and more Advanced Rhythms in Compound Meter
Syncopation and More Tuplets in Compound Meter
Introducing rhythmic dictations that feature syncopation in compound meter.
HD 1: Primary Chords in Major Keys
Primary Chords in Major
Introduction to Harmonic Dictation, focusing on primary chords in major keys only. Skills developed including harmonic dictations covering I, ii, IV, V in root position and first inversion, solfege, major mode, bass and soprano, and Roman numerals.
HD 2: Primary Chords in Minor Keys
Primary Chords in Minor
Introduction to harmonic dictations in minor, focusing on primary chords i, iiº, iv, and V in root position and first inversion.
HD 3: Submediant and Second Inversion Chords
Deceptive Cadences and 6/4 Chords
Introducing the submediant chords in Major and Minor, the Deceptive Cadence, and embellishing V with the Cadential 6/4. New chords introduced include vi, VI, and the cadential, passing, and pedal 6/4.
MD 3: Stepwise Motion and Simple Leaps in Major Keys and Compound Meter
Compound Meter Melodies in Major
Introduction to Melodic Dictation in major and compound meter. Stepwise motion and simple leaps around tonic and dominant. Skills developed include melodic dictation, major mode, solfege, stepwise motion, compound meter, subdivision of the beat, leaps within tonic and dominant chords, and sixteenth notes.
MD 4: Stepwise Motion and Simple Leaps in Minor Keys and Compound Meter
Compound Meter Melodies in Minor
Introduction to compound meter melodies in minor. Stepwise motion and simple leaps emphasizing tonic and dominant harmonies on Skills developed include compound meter, melodic dictation, minor mode, solfege, stepwise motion, subdivision of the beat, leaps within tonic and dominant chords.
MD 5: Diatonic Leaps and Second Subdivision in Simple Meter
More Diatonic Leaps in Simple Meter
Diatonic leaps outlining tonic, dominant, and other harmonies in simple meter and in both major and minor. Additional second subdivision level rhythms (sixteenths) are also covered. Skills developed include melodic dictation, minor mode, solfege, simple meter, second subdivision, leaps within tonic, dominant, predominant, and other chords.
MD 1: Stepwise Motion and Simple Leaps in Major Keys and Simple Meter
Simple Meter Melodies in Major
Introduction to melodic dictations in major and simple meter. Stepwise motion and simple leaps emphasizing tonic and dominant harmonies only. Skills developed include melodic dictation, major mode, solfege, stepwise motion, simple meter, subdivision of the beat, leaps within tonic and dominant chords.
MD 2: Stepwise Motion and Simple Leaps in Minor Keys and Simple Meter
Simple Meter Melodies in Minor
Introduction to Melodic Dictation in minor and simple meter. Stepwise motion and simple leaps emphasizing tonic and dominant harmonies only. Skills developed include, variations of the minor scale, stepwise motion, simple meter, subdivision of the beat, and leaps within tonic and dominant chords.
MD 6: Diatonic Leaps and Second Subdivision in Compound Meter
Diatonic Leaps in Compound Meter
Skills developed include melodic dictation, compound meter, major and minor mode, first and second level subdivision of the beat (sixteenth notes), and leaps between pitches in tonic, dominant, predominant chords, and more.
MD 7: Introducing Chromaticism and Tuplets in Major Keys
Chromatic Melodies in Major Keys
An introduction to chromatic melodic dictation in major and both simple and compound meters, as well as an introduction to tuplets in compound meter. Skills developed include melodic dictation, chromaticism, simple and compound meter, minor mode, solfege, first and second level subdivision of the beat, steps and leaps, and tuplets.
HD 4: Dominant Sevenths and Leading-tone Triads
Dominant Sevenths and Leading Tone Chords
Introducing Leading Tone chords, the V7 (dominant seventh) chord, and more diatonic progressions. Includes second inversion chords, viiº and V7 in both major and minor.
HD 6: Diatonicism Review & Playground
Reviewing HD 1 - HD 5
Continued focus on harmonic dictation, diatonicism, major and minor, bass and soprano, Roman numerals, solfege.
HD 7: Tonicization
Applied Chords
Harmonic progressions introducing secondary functions (applied chords). Focuses on using V7 to tonicize V, IV, ii in major keys and V and IV in minor keys.
HD 8: Modulation
Modulation
Introducing modulation to both closely-related and other diatonic keys in both major and minor modes. Highlights harmonic dictation, chromaticism, modulation, closely-related keys, major and minor modes.
HD 9: Modal Mixture
Mode Mixture
An introduction to more advanced chromaticism concepts in harmonic dictation, focusing on modal mixture (borrowed chords).
HD 10: Neapolitan and Augmented Sixth Chords
Augmented Sixth and Neapolitan Chords
Harmonic progressions utilizing chromatically altered predominants in both major and minor keys. Continued focus on harmonic dictation, chromaticism, augmented sixth chords, neapolitan chords.
HD 5: Mediant Chords and Predominant Sevenths
Mediant Chords and Predominant Sevenths
Progressions involving the mediant and an introduction to predominant seventh chords in major and minor. Includes all diatonic triads in major and minor, adding iii, III, ii7, iiø7, IV7, iv7.
MD 8: Introducing Chromaticism and Tuplets in Minor Keys
Chromatic Melodies in Minor Keys
An introduction to chromatic melodic dictation in minor and both simple and compound meters. Skills developed include melodic dictation, chromaticism, simple and compound meter, minor mode, solfege, first and second level subdivision of the beat, steps and leaps.
MD 10: Modulating Melodies in Minor Keys
Introducing Modulation in Minor Keys
Melodic dictations modulating to closely-related keys in minor and simple and compound meters. Skills developed include melodic dictation, simple modulation, chromaticism, simple and compound meter, minor mode, solfege, first and second level subdivision of the beat, steps and leaps, tuplets.