Turquoise Learning Portfolio Music Theory I

From Counterpoint to Choral Style Lecture Notes: A Cadence is a sequence of notes or choral comprising the close of a musical phrase. There are  three (3)  roles of chords: Tonic: It's the home  base. This would usually be found in the tonic and submediant (relative minor) chords. ( I )   ( vi ) Predominant: Leads to the  Dominant.  ( ii )   ( IV )   Dominant: It has the leading tone which takes you back to the  tonic.  ( V7 )   ( vii °)   ( iii ):  The   odd tune. It doesn't belong to any category. It is used as a passing chord. Image from: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Theory_for_the_21st-Century_Classroom_%28Hutchinson%29/09%3A_Harmonic_Progression_and_Harmonic_Function/9.04%3A_Harmonic_Function The chordal dissonance would be the class within the chord that has the tendency to resolve. Chordal dissonance  falls under the Dominant category. In the Dominant Chord, there are two sevenths: The 3rd  of the chord (7th degree) and the 7th of the chord. B

4th and 5th Species Counterpoint Lecture Notes: The fourth species  counterpoint moves only the 3rd beat of each measure using only half notes. The fourth species  counterpoint has  three ( 3 )parts: Preparation: The note from the previous  bar will be  consonant to agree with the bass note. Suspension: The downbeat of the next measure will be dissonant  because of the tied note from the previous measure to the next. Resolution: The dissonant must resolve  to a consonant  on the 3rd beat. Image from: https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/species-counterpoint/ The fifth species  counterpoint is a mixture of all of the species from the  first to the fourth put together. Image from: https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FifthSpecies.html You must have eighth   notes placed somewhere in the cantus firmus. Image from: http://www.fittonmusic.com/writing/harmony/counterpoint/fifthspeciescounterpoint.html Here's a YouTube video from " AlanBelkin ".  In this video, he gives yo

Counterpoint Part 2 Lecture Notes: First species  counterpoint are all whole notes. Image from: https://www.ars-nova.com/CounterpointStudy/firstspecies.html Second species counterpoint has two half notes against the cantus firmus whole notes. . Image from: https://www.ars-nova.com/cpmanual/secondspecies.htm Third species  counterpoint has four quarter notes against the cantus firmus whole notes. Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint Types of Motions  There are four (4)  motions: Parallel, Similar Contrary, and Oblique.  Image from: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/species-counterpoint/ Here's a YouTube video from the YouTuber: " Dr. Kati Meyer Music Theory ". In this video, she teaches you the rules and guidelines that should be used in the  2nd Species Counterpoint . She walks you through what they are and the techniques. Here's a YouTube video from " AlanBelkin ".  In this video, he shows you the rules of third-specie

This is a video of me playing a Cantus Firmus that I created from the bass line given to me using the keyboard. It is in the key of C majo r. Here is the score that I composed through the bass line that was given to me.