BAIN MUSC 115
Music Theory I

CAI ACTIVITY #3

Speed Drills

Return to: MUSC 115

Complete this activity as described in the CAI Activity #3 Blackboard assignment for Wed., July 3.

1. FUNDAMENTALS (CONT.)
   • If necessary, return to CAI 1: Key Signatures, Scales & Triads and repeat some of the drills from this activity (to which you had planned to return).
   • If necessary, return to CAI 2: Triads & Seventh Chords and repeat some of the drills from this activity (to which you had planned to return).
     
     
2. SPEED DRILLS
   • Note Name Identification (ID)
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Ex. 3-1: Note Identification - Given a pitch notated on the staff, identify the note name
         • Treble clef and bass clef
   • The Piano Keyboard
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Ex. 3-2a: Keyboard Note ID - Given a highlighted piano key, identify the note name
       • Ex. 3-2b: Keyboard Reverse ID - Given a notated pitch on the staff, press an octave-equivalent piano key
       • Treble clef, bass clef, and grand staff
   • Clef Reading
     • Teoría
       • Ex. 3-3: Clef Reading - Given four notes on a staff, identify the note names (or press the correct keys on the piano keyboard)
         • Treble clef and bass clef
           
   • Interval Identification
     • Teoría
       • Ex. 3-4: Interval ID on the Staff
         • Without a key signature, Treble clef and bass clef
           
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Ex. 3-5a: Interval ID on the staff
         
       • With a key signature, Treble clef, bass clef, and grand staff
       • Ex. 3-5b: Interval ID on the piano keyboard
   • Key Signature ID
     • MusicTheory.net
     • Ex. 3-6a: Identify major and minor key signatures
       • Treble clef and bass clef
         
       Ex. 3-6b: Identify the number of sharps and flats in major and minor key signatures
       
   • Triad and Seventh Chord Type ID
     • MusicTheory.net
     • Ex. 3-7: Identify triads and seventh chords on a staff
       • Without key signature, With key signature
         
   • Roman Numeral ID
   • Ex. 3-8a: Triad ID
     Given a chord and a major/minor key (major or minor), identify the scale degree (as an upper-case Roman numeral) and chord type (M, m, A, d)
   • Root position, treble clef, and bass clef
   • Ex. 3-8b: Seventh Chord ID
     Given a chord and a major/minor key (major or minor), identify the scale degree (as an upper-case Roman numeral) and chord type (MM, Mm, mm, dm & dd)
     
     • Root position, treble clef, and bass clef
       
   • More Exercises
   • Additional exercises are available at: Teoria and MusicTheory.net.
     
     

1. CHECK YOUR OWN WORK CALCULATORS
   These four MusicTheory.net Calculators may be useful to you when you need to check the spelling of an accidentals, intervals, chords, and Roman numerals.
   
   
   1. Accidental Calculator
      
   2. Interval Calculator
   3. Chord Calculator
   4. Roman Numeral Calculator

2. REVIEW SELECTED TOPICS
   Brief explanations of selected MUSC 115 topics:

• MusicTheory.net Theory Lessons
  • Roman Numeral Analysis
    • Scale Degrees
    • Triads
      
      • Triads in First Inversion
      • Triads in Second Inversion
    • Seventh Chords
    • Phrases and Cadences
    • Common Chord Progressions
    • Nonharmonic Tones
• Teoria
  • Harmonic Functions
  • Circle-of-Fifths Progression
    
    
3. COMPOSITION
   
   • MusicTheory.net
     • Composing with Minor Scales
     • Voicing Chords
   • Teoria
   • Transposing Instruments
   • Introduction: Reading and Writing Transposing Instruments {Teoria}
   • Exercise 1: Reading Transposing Instruments {Teoria}
     Notate the C score equivalent of a given transposed part (using a key signature)
     
     
   • Exercise 2: Writing Transposing Instruments {Teoria}
     Notate a transposed part for a given a C score (using a key signatures)
     
     
     
4. ONLINE MUSIC THEORY TEXTBOOKS
   • LearnMusicTheory.net {LearnMusicTheory.net} (Feezell 2022)
     One-page pdf handouts for fundamental theory concepts, diatonic harmony, chromatic harmony, jazz and popular music, form, contemporary music theory, and musicianship/sight-singing
     
     
   • Open Music Theory, Version 2 {OMT2} (Gotham et al. 2020)
     An open source textbook for college-level music theory courses
     
     
   • Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom {MT21} (Gotham et al. 2020)
     An open access college music theory textbook that focuses less on four-part writing and more on relating harmony to the phrase
     
     
   • Fundamentals, Function, and Form {FFF} (Mount and Rothfarb 2020)
     An open access textbook for the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music
     



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References

Adams, Ricci. 2024. MusicTheory.net (MT.net). Available online at: <https://www.musictheory.net>.

Alvira, José Rodríguez. 2024 Teoria. Available online: <https://www.teoria.com>.

Feezell, Mark. 2022. LearnMusicTheory.net (LMT). Available online at: <https://learnmusictheory.net>.

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2020. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Viva Press Publishing. Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.

Hutchinson, Robert. 2021. Music Theory for the 21st Classroom (21st). Available online at: <https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html>.

Mount, Andre with Lee Rothfarb. 2020. Fundamentals, Function, and Form. (FFF): Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music. Available online: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.





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Updated: July 1, 2024


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