Graduate Theory Review with Paul Dell Aquila
Assigned Reading, Homework Schedule, and Class Agenda (PDF)
Semester Topics
Tonal Structure and Review of Analytical Symbols
Diatonic Chords of the Major and Minor Modes Review
Roman Numerals, Chord Symbols, and Figured Bass Review
Basic Harmonic Progressions (The Phrase Model)
Harmonic Contextual Analysis
Harmonic Expansion: Prolongation and Elaboration
Secondary Dominant Chords
Nonessential and Essential Chromaticism
Non-Chord Tones (NCTs) Review
Part Writing Seventh Chords Review
Writing and Analyzing Secondary Dominant Chords
Secondary Leading-Tone Chords
Part Writing Leading-Tone Chords Review
Writing and Analyzing Secondary Leading-Tone Chords
Principles of Voice Leading Review
Common-Chord Modulation
Tonicization and Modulation
Key Relationships
Writing and Analyzing Common-Chord Modulations
Other Modulatory Techniques
Using Secondary Functions for Modulation
Sequential Modulation
Common-Tone Modulation
Chromatic Mediant Relationships
Monophonic Modulation
Direct Modulation
The Neapolitan Chord
Conventional Use of the Neapolitan Chord
Mode Mixture
Borrowing from Major for Use in Minor
Borrowing from Minor for Use in Major
Using Mode Mixture Chords in Modulations
Augmented Sixth Chords
The Interval of the Augmented Sixth
Italian, French, and German Augmented Sixth Chords
Notating Augmented Sixth Chords
Other Uses, Types, and Resolutions of Augmented Sixth Chords
Enharmonicism
Enharmonic Spelling for Convenience
Enharmonic Reinterpretation
Enharmonic Modulation Using Major-Minor Seventh Chords
Enharmonic Modulation Using Diminished-Seventh Chords
Altered Dominant Chords
The Dominant with a Substituted 6th
The Dominant with a Raised 5th
Extended Chords and the Common-Tone Diminished 7th
Extended Tertian Sonorities (9th, 11th, and 13th Chords)
The Common-Tone Diminished 7th Chord
Chromatic Sequence
Review of Diatonic Sequence
Chromatic Sequence
Omnibus Sequence
Assigned Reading, Homework Schedule, and Class Agenda (PDF)
