My course in music theory combined with ear-training is designed for any instrumentalist or singer. Only this combination brings a musician to a good performance, that is, to meaningful playing.  Meaningful playing evolves out of an understanding of all musical elements that make up a piece. A musician needs to develop logical thinking about music.  This helps with memorizing, improvising and sight reading.

My course is based on a fully developed method of teaching ear training and music theory. Every element is taught step by step and through a system of different exercises that involve playing, singing and writing music.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Continuing working on notation – sight-reading in full pitch range

Scales – major and minor, whole tone, chromatic

Construction of all intervals and triads, inversions

Intervals in the key – tension and resolution

Tritone  – enharmonic exchange; tension and resolution.

Key signature – sight-reading in all major and minor keys, altered chromatic steps of the scale.

Modulation – sight-reading examples, analyses of familiar songs.

Chords- triads in major and minor key; inversion; tension and resolution

Enharmonic exchange in diminished and augmented triads.

Seventh chord – construction and inversion

Seventh chords in major and minor key

Meter, Rhythm – compound and mixed meters; artificial division and syncopation