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Harmonic Progressions: Change



Goal: To hear and perform chord progressions by chord changes with a changing bass line in root position only.


Out of Tempo

Spoken, sung, or played.

Beginning

  1. Teacher speaks a bass line in letter names (C, F, G, C for example).
  2. The students repeat in roman numerals or chord names.
  3. The teacher prompts, change the bass line to tonic, supertonic, dominant, tonic.
  4. Students speak the changed bass line.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher prompts, “Change the one, four, five, one progression to a minor key.”
  2. Students speak, sing, or play the progression to a minor key.

Advanced

  1. Students choose a progression in major or minor key and change it to a different progression as a bass line from among those in the harmonic progression repertoire for Ear Training One.

Choices: one, four, five, one, or one, six, four, five, one

In Tempo

Spoken, sung, or played in a slow tempo in two-four, three-four, or four-four time one bass note per measure.

Beginning

  1. Teacher sets up a time signature in a slow tempo in C major one note per measure and prompts, “Change the progression to minor.”
  2. Students change the progression to minor.
  3. The process continues in other keys.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher sets up a time signature in a slow tempo in C minor one note per measure and prompts, “Change the progression to major.”
  2. Students change the progression to minor.
  3. The process continues in other keys.

Advanced

  1. Students choose a progression in major or minor key other than C major or minor and change it to a different progression as a bass line from among those in the harmonic progression repertoire for Ear Training I.

Choices: one, four, five, one: one, six, four, five, one.