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1- INTRODUCTION
CLASS ONE-INTERVALS
WORKS
B. Bartok-Concerto for Orchestra
A. Berg- Fünf Orchestral Lieder
A. Schoenberg- Six Little Pieces II
D. Shostakovich- Symphony. No. 10
OVERTONE SPACING
WORKS
P. Hindemith- Symphonie Mathis der Maler
I. Stravinsky- Symphony of Psalms
G. Holst- The Planets Saturn
H Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique
M. Mussorgsky/ Ravel- Pictures Bydlo
I. Stravinsky- Rite of Spring Wise One
EXERCISE ONE
CLASS ONE –SCALES
WORKS
C. Debussy- String Quartet
E. Satie- 2nd Gymnopédie
C. Debussy- Trio Interlude
D. Milhaud- Protée
F. Poulenc- Mouvement Perpétuels
A Casella- 11 Pezza Infantili
J. Sibelius- Symphony No.4
C. Orff- Carmina Burana Oh Fortuna!
SYNTHETIC SCALES
WORKS
B. Bartok- Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion III
C. Griffes- Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
PENTATONIC and HEXATONIC SCALES
WORKS
C. Debussy- Prelude V
M. Ravel- Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano III
A. Honegger- Trios Chansons
M. Ravel- L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
C. Debussy- Prelude II
CHROMATIC SCALE
WORKS
S. Prokofiev-Piano Sonata No. 2
A. Honegger- King David
P. Hindemith-Sonata for Piano Four Hands
C. Ives-Sonata No. 4
A. Berg- Fünf Orchestral Lieder
A. Scriabin- Piano Sonata No. 9
T. Newman-Shawshank Redemption Stoic Theme
E. Bernstein- To Kill a Mockingbird
EXERCISE TWO
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CLASS TWO - SCALE PT. 2 and
CHORDS BY THIRDS
WORKS
S. Prokofiev- March from The Love of Three Oranges
A. Honegger- King David
A. Copland-Clarinet Concerto
E. Satie- Socrate
B. Bartok- Violin Sonata No. 1
E. Satie – Sonnerie de la Rose + Croix
TRIADS
SEVENTHS AND NINTH CHORDS
WORKS
A. Berg- Piano Sonata
C. Ives-Walking
M. Ravel-Valse Noble and Sentimentales
E. Satie-Sarabande No. 2
A. Schoenberg- Six Little Piano Pieces
A. Scriabin-Piano Sonata No. 5
B. Evans-Time Remembered
ELEVENTH AND THIRTEENTH CHORDS
WORKS
M. Ravel-Valse Noble and Sentimentales
A. Scriabin-Piano Sonata No. 8
FIFTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CHORDS
WORKS
C. Ives- On the Antipodes
A. Berg-Violin Concerto
M. Ravel-Chansons Madécasses
TWELVE-NOTE CHORDS
WORKS
B. Britten-Turn of The Screw
D. Milhaud-Piano Sonata
C. Ives-Majority
EXERCISE THREE
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CLASS THREE – CHORDS BY FOURTHS
THREE-NOTE CHORDS BY FOURTHS
FOUR-NOTE CHORDS BY FOURTHS
MULTI-NOTE CHORDS BY FOURTHS
WORKS
P. Hindemith-Nobilissima Visione
W. Walton-Viola Concerto
A. Honegger-King David
A. Schoenberg-Kammersymphonie
A. Berg-Wozzeck
A.Webern- Piano Variations
M. Tyner-Passion Dance
EXERCISE FOUR
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CLASS FOUR – CHORDS BY SECONDS
THREE-NOTE CHORDS BY SECONDS
MULTI-NOTE CHORDS BY SECONDS
WORKS
B. Bartok-String Quartet No. 3
C. Debussy-Preludes Volume II
F. Poulenc-Promenades for Piano
H. Villa-Lobos-String Quartet No. 3
CLUSTERS
WORKS
M. Giacchino- Lost
C. Martinez- Contagion
A. Berg-Wozzeck
E. Bloch-Piano Sonata
H. Cowell-Lilt of the Reel
C. Ives-Majority
E. Varese- Ionisation
C. Taylor-Life As
EXERCISE FIVE
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ADDED WORKS
MIDI ExamplesJ. Corigliano- Altered States
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CLASS FIVE – POLYCHORDS
TWO TRIADIC UNITS
WORKS
B. Bartok-String Quartet No. 5
A. Honegger-Symphony No. 5
C. Ives- Sonata No. 2 IV
I. Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring
I. Stravinsky-The Rake’s Progress
THREE OR MORE TRIADIC UNITS
NON-TRIADIC UNITS
WORKS
C. Ives- Concord Sonata No. 2 Third Movement
O. Messiaen-Visions de l’Amen
B. Bartok- 2nd Violin Sonata
A. Copland – Piano Fantasy
P. Hindemith – Piano Sonata No. 2
J .Ibert – Divertissement
I. Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements
EXERCISE SIX
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CLASS SIX - HARMONIC DIRECTION
WORKS
The Clash-Rock the Casbah
CHORD CONNECTION
DISSONANCE
PARALLEL HARMONY
WORKS
G. Gershwin-American in Paris
R. Vaughn Williams-Pastoral Symphony
I. Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring
F. Delius- Requiem
M. Ravel-L’heure Espagnole
SUCCESSIVE PERFECT FIFTHS
WORKS
M. de Falla- Nuits dans les Jardins d’Espagne
A, Copland- Billy the Kid
P. Hindemith- Ludus Tonalis
CADENTIAL DEVICES
WORKS
F. Poulenc-Mass in G Major
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