Fall 2008- 206A - Prof. Soukup
 

 

Syllabus

Announcements:
Class cancelled - 9/3
Assesment Test - 9/4

Quizes

Supplemental Material

Cadences
Study these by first listening to the chords as a whole (not as separate notes) and developing a feel for which cadences are strong and which weak - they are listed roughly in order of strong to weak. Then listen for bass movement and note the different ways the bass resolves - for example, if you hear the bass resolving down by half step, it's a phrygian cadence. If you hear the bass repeating the same note, it is a Plagal Cadence with the IV chord in second inversion. The tonic chord will be played before each example to orient you.

Perfect Authentic: V7 - I in root position
Play

Imperfect Authentic: V7 - I in any position
Play

Plagal: IV - I (root position)
Play

Half: I 6/4 - V
Play

Phrygian: iv 6 - V
Play

Deceptive: V - vi
Play

Links:

Cadences Defined:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_(music)#Classification_of_cadences_in_common_practice_tonality

More Cadence Midi Examples:
http://www.smu.edu/totw/cadences.htm

Augmented Sixth Cords:
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/mus612b/fmain/fdocs/notes/augsixth.html

This page contains a more concise explaination of Aug 6ths:
http://www.tonalityguide.com/xxaug6.php

Secondary Dominants:
http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/26secondarydominants.html

 

Supplemental Material on Sec. Doms

Secondary Dominants in Major (pdf)
refer to this document for the audio examples below

V/V
Ex. 1 - Tonic Key triads
Ex. 2 - Change one note for V/V
Ex. 3 - w/dom 7's

V/ii

Ex. 4 - Tonic Key triads
Ex. 5 - Change one note for V/ii
Ex. 6 - Change another note for V/V
Ex. 7 - w/dom 7's

V/iii
Ex. 8

V/IV
Ex. 9 - I-I-IV-V7-I
Ex. 10 - I-V7/IV-IV-V7-I

V/vi
Ex. 11 - V/vi in between a deceptive cadence
Ex. 12 - Tonic triads around circle of fifths
Ex. 13 - Change one note for V/ii
Ex. 14 - Chain of sec. dom's w/dom 7's

Secondary Dominants in Minor (pdf)