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“Video 2 – First steps with Tonic and Dominant”

THE CORE PROGRESSION

Major keys: C, G, F ________________________________
Minor keys: A, E, D ________________________________
TONIC DOMINANT AREA TONIC
Home Maximum dissonance Resolution
I V I
Notes: use the keys suggested (up to one flat and one sharp) or whatever you are comfortable with, more or less. Your goal
is to achieve clarity first before you add lots of keys.

EXERCISES
POINTERS
EXERCISE 1
 Write I-V-I progressions in chorale and keyboard style.
 Use root position exclusively
 Play I-V-I progressions in chorale and keyboard style
directly at the keys.  Current goal is to write a lot
everyday to achieve clarity and
Explore various soprano lines. fluency in both writing and
keyboard harmony.
EXERCISE 2
 Continue exercise 1, and after add one or both of these PROCESS
simple variations:
Chord by chord: Write out the
o Change rhythms
o Repeat chords whole chord before moving on
to the next one.
EXERCISE 3
 Continue exercise 1, adding arpeggiation in the top
voices, then doing simple variations. DO THINK
about voice-leading and NOT
chord shapes.

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