1 Monday

Goals:

• identify intervals, both generic size and specific quality using the bottom note major scale method
• spell intervals above a note by modifying from the major scale of the bottom note

Note: For HW due Monday, they MUST read pp. 121-122 to make class makes sense today

1. go over homework to check a few trickier intervals
2. Quality of intervals
   a. Specifying a quality of a generic size of interval
   i. compare C-E vs. C-Eb (what scales do those belong to?)
   ii. compare C Major to its parallel minor, C minor—show difference between ^3, 6, 7
   iii. show intervals above ^1 in both C major and C minor
   iv. highlight Perfect intervals; they are perfect because of music history and harmonic series; if you’re interested in the details come to office hours/tutoring to discuss that nuance/why
   1. create a list of Imperfect (M/m) and a list of Perfect (P) intervals
   2. but there’s a RIVER OF FIRE AND DEATH BETWEEN M/m and P INTERVALS—P WILL NEVER BE M/m!!!!!!
      b. do try-it No. 3
      i. generic size
      ii. major scale of bottom note
3. Construct the size diagrams: d-m-M-A and d-P-A
4. ID and spelling Steps
   a. generic size first, then quality
   b. ID quality based off of major scale of bottom note; if fits, then it’s M/P
   i. If needed, adjust to get desired interval
   ii. use the terms LARGER or SMALLER, not “sharp/flatten” or “raise/lower”, since it will depend on which note we modify whether we raise or lower a note to make the interval smaller.
   iii. if bottom note doesn’t have a Major scale, think of one that does
   iv. ID then spell intervals
   c. DO NOT COUNT HALF STEPS
   d. Students practice: complete part of each line in Try-it #3 in class

Homework for Wednesday:

The rest of try-it #3
Wkbk 6.2 (I.A and II.A maybe odds only, maybe only odds of first two lines of each?)

Or maybe a musictheory.net exercise? Interval ID quality easy (20 in 5 min, no accidentals) - MUST DO at least 20 https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/interval/xrwyry99999ynyfrby interval spelling easy (20 in 8 min, some accidentals) https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/interval-construction/xfuyrybyh98yybybderby