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Bamberger. Developing Musical Intuitions. (DMI)

Bamberger. The Mind Behind the Musical Ear. (MBME)

Introduction

Assignments:

Reading:
Introduction to DMI and Introduction to Part I.

Listening:
Pp. 35-51

To do:
Projects 1.1 & 1.2 (Pp. 7-34)

Paper 1 -- Projects 1.1 & 1.2
Paper Due: Class #2 of Week 2

I.

Weeks 1-2
Melodic Structure

Week 1:

Class #1:
Introduction to Impromptu

Class #2:
Introduction to composing your own tunes
Shared musical structures

Week 2:
Assignment:

Reading: Basics1

Class #1:
Listening examples
Discussion of Basics1

Class #2:
Discussion and performance of student tunes
Due Today: Paper 1

II.

Weeks 3-5
Rhythmic Structure
Simples: Beat, Metric Hierarchies

Assignments:

Reading:
Introduction to Part II of DMI.
MBME: Pp. 24-44 -- In Class #2 of Week 5

To do: Projects 2.1 & 2.2 (Pp. 67-98)
In Class #2 of Week 4

Listening: Pp. 64-66

Week 3:

Class #1:
Holiday

Class #2:
Continued discussion and performance of student tunes
Introduction to rhythmic structure
Introduction to Drummer

Week 4:
Assignment:

Reading:
Basics 2: In Class#1 of Week 5
Hasty. Meter as Rhythm. (Pp. 1-13) (Handout)
Discussion in Class #2 of Week 5

Class #1:
The metric hierarchy; figural and metric structures.

Listening:
Bhimpalasi & Hindemith: Beat and non-beat
Lanner & Sousa--triple and duple meter

Class #2:
Performance and discussion of percussion pieces
Due Today: Project 2.1 and 2.2

Week 5:

Class #1:
Performance and discussion of percussion pieces (cont.)
Rhythm notations: similarities and differences

Class #2:
Discussion of Hasty
Inventing rhythm notations (MBME -- pp. 24-44)
Multiple meanings of "fast" and "slow"

Weeks 6-7

Rhythm 2
Complexity

Assignment:

To do:
Project 2.3 (Pp. 99-100; 118-122)

Paper Due: Class #2 of Week 7

Listening (Pp. 109-118; 123-129)

Week 6:

Class #1:
Holiday

Class #2:
Making and playing percussion accompaniments
Introduction to rhythmic conflict
Listening: 109-118

Week 7:

Class #1:
Rhythmic complexity;
Listening: pp. 123-129

Class #2:
Discussion and performance of student pieces.
Due Today: Paper 2

III.

Weeks 8-10
Pitch Relations

Assignment:

Reading:
Introduction to Part III of DMI (Pp 136-143)

To do:
Project 3.1
Discussion in Class #2 of Week #8

Week 8:

Class #1:
Introduction to Intervals and structure of scales.

Class #2:
Tonic function and 1->5->1.
Project 3.1 in Class Today

Week 9:
Assignment:

Reading:
Some Basics 3: pp. 200-211

Reading and doing:
Project 3.2
Due in Class #2 of Week #10

Class #1:
Analysis of Examples 3.1-3.5 and the pervasiveness of 1->5->1: pp. 187-199.

Class #2:
Discussion of final projects

Week 10:

Class #1:
Holiday

Class #2:
Review of Basics 3 and Projects 3.1 and 3.2.
Quiz: Scales, keys, key signatures, circle of fifths, etc.

IV.

Weeks 11-13
Making Music Out of Theory

Assignment:

Reading:
Introduction to Part 4: p. 213

Reading and doing:
Project 4.1 pp. 214-219

To do:
Project 4.2

Paper 3: Due Class #1 of Week #12

Week 11:

Class #1:
Listening and analysis of large-scale compositions
Beethoven Quartet Op. 59 #2
Discussion of final projects

Class #2:
Discussion of Project 4.1 pieces
Discussion of final projects

Week 12:

Class #1:
Discussion and performance of Project 4.2 pieces
Due Today: Paper 3

Class #2:
Continuation

Weeks 13-14:

Class #1 - Class #2:
Final projects