Be able to provide the five closely-related keys to
a given major key.
Be able to provide the five closely-related keys to
a given minor key.
Be able to provide a brief description/definition of
the types of modulation we have studied: pivot chord / common
chord, harmonic sequence, phrase /direct, pivot tone, chromatic.
Be able to explain why the leading-tone chord is
considered a dominant-class chord.
Be able to spell full-diminished and half-diminished
chords on a given root.
Be able to answer general part-writing questions
related to the resolution of various diminished-chord factors.
Know which diatonic chords may, and may not, be
tonicized by a secondary leading-tone chord, and why, in both major
and minor keys.
Explain the resolution of the viio7/V to
the tonic six-four chord.
Be able to list the two diminished seventh chords
which do not function as secondary embellishing chords, and the
chords to which they resolve, including inversion.
Provide an example where the root of a
leading-tone diminished seventh chord descends. (See p. 50.)
There will be four short part-writing examples on
the test, illustrating modulation, or some other secondary-chord
function. You will be asked to provide a Roman numeral
analysis and the alto & tenor voices. (These examples will
be taken either from the text or the workbook.)
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