Assignments

MUS - 21341: POPULAR MUSIC THEORY
FALL 2012

	Topics	Reading/Handouts	Scores	Assignments
Week 1	Chord Symbols	Wikipedia - Chord Names and Symbols Absolute Chord Symbols		01-Absolute Chord Symbols
Week 1	Song Analysis		01-Are You Lonesome Tonight 02-Cant Help Falling In Love
Week 2	Analyzing Lead Sheets with Roman Numerals	02-Roman Numeral Analysis	03-Johnny be Good 04-A Whiter Shade of Pale
Week 3	Form Sections Verse Chorus	Form in Rock Music.pdf	05-Be My Baby 06-Blowin' in the Wind
Week 4	Continue Form Riff Drum Rhythms	Drum Beats and Grooves.pdf Drum Set notation in Sibelius Ideas and Drum Notation.pdf	07-With a little help from my friends 08-ManicDepression	02-Drum Notation Assignment
Week 5	American Song Form	AABA Form AABA Form and Rhythm Substitutions.doc Secondary II-V Progressions Added tones Secondary leading-tone seventh chord substitutions Voice Leading of the Dominant Seventh Secondary Predominant-Dominant	09-Somewhere Over the Rainbow 10-I've Got Rhythm	03 - Rhythm Changes.sib
Week 6	ii-V			04 - Popular Music Theory - II V I
Week 7	Midterm	Wednesday Written Midterm
Week 8	- Blues Blues, Chord progressions, Scales Blues, Writing Bass, Piano, Guitar and drum parts	Blues Changes Walking Bass WALKING BASS LINES 101		05 - Blues melodies
Week 9		07 - Descending Bass Lines		06 - Descending Bass Lines.sib
Week 10				07 - Ascending Bass Lines
Week 11	Circle of Fifth Songs			08 - Circle of Fifths.sib
Week 12		Chord Substitutions Common-tone Diminished 7th Chords		09 Popular Music Theory Assignment: Added Tones
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Week 15
Finals Week

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