Here you see some notes of me trying to systematize a course and routine of daily practice for composers, with focus on improvisation and exercises on keyboard. I started this before teaching a student last year with a 4 lessons per week programm. Different than other teachers, i focus on the simple but beautiful aspects of improvisation and how they related to theoretical lesssons and eartraining lessons
Beginner
EARTRAINING 1: Harmony (in progress)
🟢 Exclusive pedagogy tested in real life lessons by choir conductor and transcriber for the Yousician App
🟢 Original examples with different instruments gives you an unity according to my composition praxis
🟢 Careful disposition of harmonic material that triggers the inspiration for your first composition exercises
🟢 The course is symmetric to my harmony course: keep theory, practical competence and creativity so close to each other as possible!
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 6 Lessons
- 17 Quizzes
- 0m Duration
Instructions
1 Lesson1 Quiz
- General Instructions
- this quiz is here to wish you good luck
Cadences in Major
3 Quizzes
- Minor and Major Triads
- T,S,D root position – PAC and IAC cadences
- Major half-cadence vs. authentic cadence
Cadences in Minor
3 Quizzes
- T,S,D root position in minor cadences
- T,S,D root position in minor half-cadence vs. authentic cadence. Identify the position
- T,S,D root position in minor: Half-cadence
INTRODUCTION to SIXTH-CHORDS
1 Lesson
- Root position vs. Sixth Chords in General
SIXTH-CHORDS in Major
1 Lesson2 Quizzes
- Primary Sixth-Chords in Major (comming soon)
- SIXTH-CHORDS vs. Root Chords
- Sixth-Chords Intervals in Free Context
SIXTH-CHORDS in MINOR
1 Lesson1 Quiz
- Primary Sixth-Chords in Minor
- Sixth-chords vs. Root Chords
4/6 Cadences
2 Lessons2 Quizzes
- Cadencial 4/6 Chord
- Cadencial 4/6 Chords in Major
- Cadencial 4/6 chords in minor (Model)
- Cadencial 4/6 Chords in Minor
MODULATION with MAIN FUNCTIONS
2 Quizzes
- Modulation to D vs. S
- Modulation to Tp vs. Sp
ASSIGNMENT: CHORD CHART TRANSCRIPTION
DIMINISHED CHORDS
1 Quiz
- Diminished chords vs. abbreviated dominant seventh chord vs. diminished 7th chords
MAIN FUNCTIONS in TETRADS
2 Quizzes
- Tetrads in Triadic Harmony
- Triads in Tetradic Harmony
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS
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