Robert Willey
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Music in a Post-Industrial Society

Below are links to material that has been developed in the past, some of which could be modified for this project.

Part I: Music in a Post-Industrial Society
Paper on "The Seven Second Free Zone: A Call For Change In Copyright Law" and court cases affecting hip-hop sampling
Midwest Music Business: A Primer


Part II: Music Theory

Rudiments
  • Assignments
  • Dynamics

Music Theory 1 
Schedule
  1. pitches on the treble and bass clefs, major scale, diatonic triads, harmonizing melodies
  2. intervals, triads in major and minor keys
  3. seventh chords [ worksheet ]
  4. how to play seventh chords with two hands
  5. ii7  V7  Imaj7 progression
  6. chords in open position
  7. blues scale, 12-bar blues progression, reading and performing more complex rhythms
  8. secondary dominant chords, ABAC and AABA forms
  9. chords in open position
  10. analyzing "I Want To Hold Your Hand, GM and .MID files
  11. fills
  12. modulation
  13. drum notation
  14. turnarounds
  15. review
Music Theory 2
Schedule
  • non-harmonic tones
  • chord inversions

Music Appreciation
Listening
  • Scott Joplin Online Centennial [ playlist ]
  • Girl Talk
  • Brazil
  • Antônio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim
  • Beethoven's Symphony IX
  • Quiz 2
  • Quiz 3
  • Quiz 4
  • Quiz 5
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Enrichment
  • From La La to Zydeco
  • Brazilian Piano
  • Louisiana Creole Fiddle

Part III: Songwriting for Amateurs
Week 2: Rhyme schemes, clever lyrics, story development, harmonizing a melody, chord symbols, the Nashville Number
Week 3: What is a "pop" song? What makes a hit? Songs by Max Martin, diatonic chords, setting the title, prosody, writing melodies, hooks
Week 4: Pop music style, the function of the bridge, secondary dominants
Week 7: What is rock style? rock lyrics, collage lyrics, drumset notation, the harmonic language of The Beatles, how to write a pre-chorus


How to read and write lead sheets
How to harmonize a melody


Listening
  • Pop Music History
  • Pop Songs to Analyze
  • Beatles Hits
  • Joni MItchell
Enrichment
  • Getting Started With Music Production

Part IV: Learn to Improvise
Scales that fit with chords
Exotic scales

Altered tones

Listening
  • 4,289 recordings, by Jazz pianists recommended by Jamey Aebersold







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