7th heaven

Hey gang,

Great work this week on the 7th chords. I know they can be tedious, but pretty soon they'll start to get much easier / quicker to deal with.

Enjoy the film Friday. I think it's fascinating!

Homework due is the copy of p. 43 from your textbook. (entire page)

Stay in tune! (ha)

ms.p

Rhythm-a-ning

Simp-dup everyone!

Great work today despite the gloom outside. Homework due Thursday is pp. 12-13. We'll rap up rhythm & meter Thursday and have our quiz next week.

Happy Tuesday!

msp[

A la mode...

You guys did a great job yesterday. I was very impressed by your compositions using pentatonic & blues scales. Now let's see what you do with modes! Homework for Wednesday is to compose 1 4-bar melody based on a mode other than Ionian or Aeolian. :)
Also, please finish the pitch collection worksheet if you didn't do so in class. See you tomorrow!

ms/p

Intro to pitch collections

Hey gang,

I'm grading the interval quizzes right now and will get the grades posted sometime tomorrow. Hope you did well... :)

We started working with other pitch collections today. ("Other" as in not major/minor scales.) Here are the ones we talked about:

Pentatonic (Major, Hirajoshi, Minor & Blues)
Whole tone
Octatonic

Your homework for Monday, Sept. 12, is to write two 2-bar melodies, each implementing a different pitch collection (from the list we talked about today).

We will resume with church modes on Monday.

Have a great weekend! And please - take a moment on Sunday to reflect on 9/11. You may have only been 7 or 8, but it was an event that changed the world we live in.

ms.p

Intervals continued

Homework due Tuesday, Sept. 6:

p. 7 - B
p. 8 - C (1st 2 lines only)
p. 9 - A (1st line only) & B

Also, find any song that incorporates a repeated interval pattern. Identify the intervals and be prepared to sing it in class.

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

ms/p