Aural Skills - Unit 3: Other Diatonic Triads

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Last Day to Pass Objectives: May 13

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Singing Skills

  1. Perform a prepared melody highlighting the leading-tone triad while conducting or playing an accompaniment. (2x)
  2. Perform a prepared melody highlighting the supertonic and/or submediant triads while conducting or playing an accompaniment. (2x)
  3. Perform a prepared melody highlighting non-dominant seventh chords while conducting or playing an accompaniment. (2x)
  4. Perform a melody at-sight highlighting the leading-tone chord while conducting.
  5. Perform a melody at-sight highlighting the supertonic and/or submediant triads while conducting.
  6. Perform a melody at-sight highlighting non-dominant seventh chords while conducting.

Dictation Skills

  1. Regularly complete practice dictation.
  2. Dictate a melody highlighting the leading-tone, supertonic, and/or submediant triads, given three listens. (2x)
  3. Dictate the bass-line and supply Roman numerals for a passage containing the leading-tone, supertonic, and/or submediant triads, given three listens. (2x)
  4. Dictate the bass-line and supply Roman numerals for a passage containing dominant sevenths in inversion, suspensions, non-harmonic tones, and 6/4 harmonies, given three listens. (2x)
  5. Dictate the bass line and supply Roman numerals for a passage containing non-dominant seventh chords, given three listens. (2x)
  6. Transcribe the melody and bass-line for a real piece of music and supply harmonic functions, given three listens.

Keyboard Skills

  1. Play progressions highlighting the leading-tone triad in any major or minor key.
  2. Play progressions highlighting the supertonic triad in any major or minor key.
  3. Play progressions highlighting the submediant triad in any major or minor key.
  4. Play progressions highlighting the cadential 6/4 in any major or minor key.
  5. Play progressions involving non-dominant sevenths in any major or minor key.