BAIN MUSC 116
Music Theory II

Speed Drills

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1. FUNDAMENTALS (CONT.)
   • Return to CAI Project 2: Fundamentals and repeat some of the drills from the previous session to which you had planned to return.
     
2. SPEED DRILLS
   • Note Name Identification
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Note Identification - Given a pitch notated on a staff, identify the note name
         • Treble clef and bass clef
   • The Piano Keyboard
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Keyboard Note ID - Given a highlighted piano key, identify the note name
       • Keyboard Reverse ID - Given a pitch notated on a staff, press an octave-equivalent piano key
         • Treble clef, bass clef, and grand staff
   • Clef Reading
     • Teoría
       • Clef Reading - Given a pitch notated on a staff, identify the note name, or press the correct key on a piano keyboard
         • Treble clef and bass clef
           
   • Interval Identification
     • Teoría
       • Interval ID on the Staff (without a key signature)
         • Treble clef and bass clef
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Interval ID on the staff (with a key signature)
         • Treble clef, bass clef, and grand staff
       • Interval ID on the piano keyboard
   • Key signature ID
     • Identify major and minor key signatures
       • Treble clef and bass clef {MusicTheory.net}
   • Triad and Seventh Chord Type ID on Staff
     • Identify triad and seventh chords on a staff
       • With key signature {MusicTheory.net}
   • Roman numeral 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
       • Treble clef & bass clef
     • Triad ID
       • Root position {Teoria} – M, m, A, d
     • Seventh Chord ID
       • Root position {Teoria} – MM, Mm, mm, dm & dd
3. CHECK YOUR OWN WORK CALCULATORS
   
   • As you progress through the music theory sequence, these four MusicTheory.net Calculators may be useful to you when you need to check the spelling of an interval or chord, or notation of an accidental.
     
   • MusicTheory.net Calculators:
     1. Interval Calculator
     2. Chord Calculator
     3. Roman Numeral Calculator
     4. Accidental Calculator – Check your notation of an accidental with or without a key signature
        
4. THEORY CONCEPTS
   • Harmonic Analysis
     • MusicTheory.net Theory Lessons
       • Roman Numeral Analysis
         • Scale Degrees
         • Triads
         • Seventh Chords
         • Common Chord Progressions
     • Teoria
       • Harmonic Functions
       • Circle-of-Fifths Progression
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Phrases and Cadences
       • Composing with Minor Scales
       • Voicing Chords
       • Triads in First Inversion
       • Triads in Second Inversion
   • Embellishing Tones
     • MusicTheory.net
       • Nonharmonic Tones
   • 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 signature)
5. Other Resources
   • Feezell, LearnMusicTheory.net
     One-page handouts for fundamental theory concepts, diatonic harmony, chromatic harmony, jazz and popular music, form, contemporary music theory, and musicianship/sight-singing
     
   • Shaffer, Hughes and Moseley (2014), Open Music Theory, 1/e
     An open-source, interactive, online textbook for college-level music theory courses
   • BAIN MUSC 215 Online Tonal Theory Resources

More Exercises

Additional exercises are available at: Teoria and MusicTheory.net.

Music Theory Trainer

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• All Back to Basics Review Exercises

References

Adams, Ricci. 2020. MusicTheory.net. Available online at: <http://www.musictheory.net>.

Alvira, José Rodríguez. 2020. Teoría. Available online at: <http://www.teoria.com>.

Burstein, L. Poundie and Joseph N. Straus. 2016. A Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, 1st ed. New York: Norton. {Norton}

Cutler, Timothy. Internet Music Theory Database: A Collections of Scores and Sound Files. Available online at: <http://www.musictheoryexamples.com/index.html>.

Feezell, Mark. 2008-2012. LearnMusicTheory.net (LMT). Available online at: <http://learnmusictheory.net>.

Turek, Ralph and Daniel McCarthy. 2013. Theory for Today's Musician: Theory Trainer. New York: Routledge. Available online: <http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415663335/trainer.php>.

Shaffer, Kris, Bryn Hughes, and Brian Moseley. 2014. OpenMusicTheory (OMT), 1st ed. Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing. Available online at: <http://openmusictheory.com>. {See also: LiveCarta version; and updated version (Summer 2020) {Viva Open Publishing}