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EARTRAINING 1: Harmony (in progress)

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Curriculum

• 12 Sections
• 6 Lessons
• 17 Quizzes
• 0m Duration

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Instructions

1 Lesson1 Quiz

1. General Instructions
2. this quiz is here to wish you good luck

Cadences in Major

3 Quizzes

1. Minor and Major Triads
2. T,S,D root position – PAC and IAC cadences
3. Major half-cadence vs. authentic cadence

Cadences in Minor

3 Quizzes

1. T,S,D root position in minor cadences
2. T,S,D root position in minor half-cadence vs. authentic cadence. Identify the position
3. T,S,D root position in minor: Half-cadence

INTRODUCTION to SIXTH-CHORDS

1 Lesson

1. Root position vs. Sixth Chords in General

SIXTH-CHORDS in Major

1 Lesson2 Quizzes

1. Primary Sixth-Chords in Major (comming soon)
2. SIXTH-CHORDS vs. Root Chords
3. Sixth-Chords Intervals in Free Context

SIXTH-CHORDS in MINOR

1 Lesson1 Quiz

1. Primary Sixth-Chords in Minor
2. Sixth-chords vs. Root Chords

4/6 Cadences

2 Lessons2 Quizzes

1. Cadencial 4/6 Chord
2. Cadencial 4/6 Chords in Major
3. Cadencial 4/6 chords in minor (Model)
4. Cadencial 4/6 Chords in Minor

MODULATION with MAIN FUNCTIONS

2 Quizzes

1. Modulation to D vs. S
2. Modulation to Tp vs. Sp

ASSIGNMENT: CHORD CHART TRANSCRIPTION

DIMINISHED CHORDS

1 Quiz

1. Diminished chords vs. abbreviated dominant seventh chord vs. diminished 7th chords

MAIN FUNCTIONS in TETRADS

2 Quizzes

1. Tetrads in Triadic Harmony
2. Triads in Tetradic Harmony

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS

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• Aural Analysis & Understanding:Ear training sharpens the ability to perceive and understand musical sounds, including melodic clarity, harmonic insight, and rhythmic mastery. Don’t find that John Williams score? Learn by hearing! 
• Technique:Composers can audiate (hear internally) melodies before writing them down, experiment with harmonic progressions, and develop a more intuitive sense of rhythm and tempo. 
• Own voice: Did you ever watch that video that says you should develop your own voice? They did not tell you the truth yet: you develop your own voice when you master the musical material enough to go beyond the rules while still remaining musical and comprehensible. Not sure if you should double the leading tone of that chord? Ear-training gives you opportunity to build confidence about your own taste and relationship with the musical material beyond the stablished styles of music.
• Faster Workflow:Ear training allows composers to grasp musical concepts more quickly, leading to faster and more efficient compositional processes. This is specially true when working with daws with limited features regarding notation.
• Increased Creativity and Freedom:By developing a stronger understanding of musical elements, composers can explore new ideas and express themselves more freely. 
• Enhanced Communication:Ear training helps composers communicate musical ideas more effectively with collaborators and audiences. 
• Improved Memory and Auditory Skills:Ear training develops aural memory, making it easier to recall and reproduce melodies and chord progression when improvising or playing repertoire (source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40319208)

Eartraining I characterize as a set of assisting skills that hit the core of musical intuition necessary of any creative activity, principal for improvisation. provides composers with a deeper understanding of music, enabling them to compose memorable pieces of music more intuitively using paper and pencil or a DAW without score editor.

It enhances their ability to recognize, reproduce, and manipulate musical elements like pitches, intervals, chords, and rhythms, ultimately leading to richer and more expressive compositions.  One of the most overlooked benefits of eartraining for composers is how it helps to quickly grasp the complexity of orchestral music.