Diatonic Sevenths
Inversions
7th and Inversion Reflection
1. What is the purpose of inversions?
The purpose of inversions is to create smooth part writing for both vocalists and instrumentalists. Without inversions, if you were to go from a I to a V chord, the difference between the bottom note of the first chord and the top note of the first chord is a 9th. With inversions, the difference between notes and smaller and therefore easier for vocalists and instrumentalists to perform. It also creates a smoother overall sound.
2. What material would you feel confident explaining to your classmates?
I would feel comfortable explaining the different kinds of seventh chords and their inversions. I think I would be able to explain how to invert chords from root position to first inversion to second inversion.
3. What material would you not feel confident explaining?
The thing that is still the most confusing to me is the nomenclature for each kind of chord because there are a lot of them to memorize and I still have to wrap my head around how to figure out the shorthand versions.
4. What material do you think you understand but cannot explain at this point?
I think I understand open position but I don't think I'll be able to explain it because I got a lot of them wrong on the Alfred.
5. What can you do to prepare yourself to be able to explain this material?
I could repeat the Alfred lesson and note-taking resources and find more practice examples on the internet to really hammer in these concepts. I could practice explaining concepts to an invisible person and whatever I miss or don't explain correctly I can make sure to go back and look at.
Finale Project
Modulation
Answer the following questions in your own words
1. What is modulation?
Modulation is the act of changing from one key to another. It is different from transposition because it occurs in one piece of music.
2. Why would modulation be used in a composition?
Modulation is used in a composition to drive the energy forward and create melodic excitation or to create transitions between different sections of music.
Secondary Dominant Chords
Provide a letter summary in your own words to define / describe secondary dominant chords and why you may choose to use them in a chord progression (their purpose)
A secondary dominant chord is a dominant chord (5 chord) that resolves to a chord that is not the tonic chord (1 chord). Secondary dominant chords often contain notes that are not key to the key because the key is relative to the note. In other words, it "borrows" the key from the chord it's resolving to. Their purpose in chord progression is to smoothy lead into a new key during a modulation.
3. What types of modulation are there?
Common modulation modulation, modulation modulation, modulation modulation, modulation modulation, modulation modulation, modulation in parallel modulation
4. Cite 3 of your favorite songs that modulate
" I Will Always Love You " by Whitney Houston, " My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion, " All I Ask" by Adele
5. What listening clues heard in the Rainbow Connection indicate a modulation?
The note on the second syllable of the word "magic" is out of the key, which indicates a secondary chord.
6. Cite the time of the change and provide the lyric location
2: 11- b etween "it's probably magic" and "have you helped half asleep?"