Harmony III: Fall 1996 Day-by-day schedule

August 27: Organize class: roll, make waiting list, go over syllabus, complete team questionnaire. Lecture on chapter.
Assignment: read chapter 2 and closely study the examples. Complete self-help frames pp. 32-40 to reinforce chapter reading. Get on the network and find my homepage. Find the syllabus for this course, Composer's Tools and Corrections to Introduction to Musical Design.

August 29: Distribute team assignments. Teams meet for about 25 minutes to work on pp. 32-40 and see if there are any questions about the reading assignment. Q&A about chapter and frames. Demo of Nightingale.
Team assignment: p. 41 and 42. Rough draft due 9/3. Remember that all written work must be typeset with a computer based scoring program. Teams work out a meeting schedule. Decide what points should be reviewed. Work on Mastery topics.

September 3: Questions about assignment . Review questions on chapter. Demo of Overture.
Team assignment: review chapter, complete final draft of p. 41 and 42.

September 5: Chapter 2 Exam. Submit final draft p. 41 and 42.
Assignment: Chapter 3; read pp. 43-53. Complete self-help frames, pp. 54-63. Teams meet to review reading and self-help frames.

September 10: Lecture on chapter. Q&A about chapter and frames. Analyze p. 65 in class. Teams meet during class period if time permits.
Team Assignment: p. 64 and NWBS (Never Weather Beaten Sail (p. 69-70)). Rough draft due 9/12. Remember that all written work must be typeset with a computer based scoring program. As an option, teams can substitute exercise 3, p. 70 for NWBS. If the work is original, put section "b" in the dominant key.

September 12: Q&A about chapter, frames or assignment. Analyze p. 67 in class. Apply scanning technique. Examine melodic segments (motives, phrases, etc.). Teams meet in class for 25 minutes.
Team assignment: Review chapter, complete final draft of p. 64 and NWBS. Decide what points should be reviewed. Work on Mastery topics.

September 17: Chapter review. Final draft due of p. 64 and NWBS.
Assignment: review chapter

September 19: Chapter 3 Exam.
Assignment: Chapter 4; Read 71-79, Complete self-help frames, pp. 80-94. Teams meet to review reading and self-help frames.

September 24: Q&A about chapter and frames. Analyze p. 95 in class. Teams meet in class for 25 minutes.
Team Assignment: Exercise 2, p. 100 and p. 99-100. Rough draft due 9/26

September 26: Discuss team assignment. Analyze p. 96-98 in class.
Team Assignment: Exercise 2, p. 100 and p. 99-100. Final draft due 10/3. Decide what points should be reviewed. Work on Mastery topics.

October 1: Discuss semester projects. Discuss revised day-to-day schedule. Discuss frames pp. 80-94. Teams meet for 25 minutes.
Assignment: Analyze p. 95. Team assignment continued

October 3: Discuss p. 95 in class. Review Chapter. Final draft due of p. 100 and pp. 99-100.
Assignment: review chapter.

October 8: Chapter 4 Exam.
Assignment Chapter 5: Read and complete self-help frames, pp. 103-114, Checkpoints 1 and 2. Teams meet to review reading and self-help frames.

October 10: Chap. 5: Discuss pp. 103-114. Discuss assignment, pp. 114-123.
Assignment: Chapter 5: read and complete self-help frames, pp. 114-123.

October 15: Chap. 5: Discuss pp. 114-123. Discuss assignment pp. 123-127.
Assignment: Chapter 5: read pp. 123-127 and complete the assignment on p. 127.
Team Assignment: p. 130, written execises 1 and 2. Analysis, pp. 128-129. Rough draft due October 22.

October 17: Chap. 5: Discuss pp. 123-127, including Application 1.
Team Assignment: continued.

October 22: Chap. 5: Rough draft of team assignment due. Discuss team assignments. Teams meet 25 minutes.
Team Assignment: continued.

October 24: (no class)

October 29: Chap. 5: Team assignment final draft due. Review for exam.

October 31: Chapter 5 Exam.
Assignment: Chapter 6; read and complete frames, pp. 131-143.

November 5: Chap.6. Discuss pp. 131-143. Begin Checkpoint pp. 144-160. Teams meet 25 minutes.
Assignment: Complete Checkpoint, pp. 144-160.

November 7: Chap.6 Discuss Checkpoint. Discuss assignment p. 161 and pp. 165-168
Assignment: Realize the figured bass and analyze p. 161. Written assignments, pp. 165-168
Team Assignment: Complete application 3, pp. 163-164 and written assignment 9 on p. 169.

November 12: Chap.6 Discuss p. 161 and pp. 165-168. Teams meet 25 minutes.

November 14: Chap.6 Teams meet 25 minutes. Q&A over chapter. Rough draft of team assignment due. Discuss team assignment.
Assignment: review chapter and all assignments.

November 19: Chap.6 Review chapter. Final draft of team assignment due.
Assignment: review chapter.

November 21: Chapter 6 Exam
Assignment: Chapter 7; Read pp. 171-179, Case studies 1, 2 and 3. Listen to the tape while studying the scores. Warning: alignment is off in the Synopsis of Case 1 on p. 173. A corrected version will be available as a hand-out and on the web.

November 26: Chap. 7. Discuss Case 1, 2 and 3.
Assignment: Read pp. 179-189, Case 4. Listen to the tape while studying the score.
Team Assignment: Complete application 2, pp. 195-196.

November 28: No Class (Thanksgiving) :-)

December 3: Chap. 7. Discuss Case 4 and application 2 in class.
Assignment: Read pp. 190-192, Case 5 and conclusion. Review for final exam.

December 5: Chap. 7, Discuss Case 5. Final review.
Assignment: review for final exam.

December 9 and 10: (Final Exams) Comprehensive Exam (Chaps. 2-7) :-(


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