Harmonic Progressions: Landscaping

1. Teacher plays a tonic chord as both a melody and a triad and identifies it.
2. Teacher plays a subdominant chord as both a melody and a triad and identifies it.
3. Teacher plays a dominant chord as both a melody and a triad and identifies it.

1. Teacher plays all three chords, tonic, subdominant, and dominant, in succession.
2. Students speak the roman numerals and the pitches of each chord.

1. Teacher plays all three chords tonic, subdominant, and dominant, in succession.
2. Students sing notes of each chord tonic, subdominant, and dominant, in succession from the root of each chord.

1. Teacher choose a time signature: two-four, three-four, four-four, or six-eight.
2. Teacher plays the progression tonic, subdominant, dominant, tonic, in that key signature one chord per measure.
3. Students sing the bass line only, one note per measure, one chord per measure (root position).

1. Teacher plays the tonic, subdominant, dominant, tonic progression in a time signature repeating each chord five times while singing the chord tones of each chord up and down: Doe, Mi, Sol, Mi Doe. Then teacher adds one measure rest so that each combination lasts 6 measures.
2. Students sing back the chord tones of each chord in succession using solfege while teacher continues to accompany at the piano.

"Doe Mi Sol Mi Doe (rest)"

"Fa La Doe La Fa (rest)"

"Sol Ti Rey Ti Sol (rest)"

"Doe Mi Sol Mi Doe"

1. Teacher plays the tonic, subdominant, dominant, tonic progression in a time signature repeating each chord five times while singing the chord tones of each chord up and down: Doe, Mi, Sol, Mi Doe. Then teacher adds one measure rest so that each combination lasts six measures.
2. Students do not sing the I chord but sing only one of the other chords as the teacher continues to play the progression in tempo.

Teacher plays the tonic, subdominant, dominant, tonic progression in tempo in a time signature but in keys other than C major.