What I’m thinking

Successes:

doing well with your chorale projects; yay you!
know the basic rules when it comes to part writing and how to resolve “sensitive” tones (LT, 7th)
know some chord progressions
write good melodies
getting more facile with RN analysis
some knowledge of basic form

Not so successful:

on-line components; some of you have been great and keeping up with journaling, but I [...]

Twitter time

Since I am home with a sick toddler, I’m making use of my day at home by doing more anecdotal research on using Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter for educational purposes.  I’m wondering what your thoughts are on the matter, especially if you are a twitterer.  I myself was skeptical of opening myself up [...]

Announcements

I am out of town for the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) and College Music Society (CMS) national conferences from Wednesday, November 14 through the weekend.  Here’s what’s coming up for you!
Wed, 11/14- meet with Schuberg’s section in 205; Species I draft due
Thurs, 11/15 - no class; be working on stuff for upcoming [...]

Annotations for Species Counterpoint Site!

Look what I can do, Ma!  Here’s a neat tool I’ve been playing around with called diigo!  I can annotate webpages and share these notes with you.  I don’t exactly know what YOU will see if you click on the links, but give it a try.  Will someone post a comment and give me some [...]

Check out Diigo!

Diigo is a neat tool.   Much like you can hi-light and take notes in books, this allows you to do the same on the web!  I’ll be posting some links to web annotations of that species counterpoint site I’ve talked about in class.
Here’s a video about Diigo:

Schedule and Room Change for 11/5-6

Hello everyone!
Perhaps on the syllabus I indicated that we wouldn’t be meeting during the Orchestra Festival, November 5 & 6.  But we definitely need to meet!  These are classroom business/assignment/catch-up days, and you should only miss class if you are somehow going to be on the stage performing from 10.10-11am either of those days. 
On these [...]

Midterm Grade Distribution

Don’t forget to check Blackboard for your 111 and 137 grades.  Grades for 111 are weighted, so your weighted average for the course will tell you how you’re doing at this point in the semester.
There were 6 “sections” for the midterm.  Below is a table explaining the distribution of points assigned to each section or [...]

What you should be doing

I imagine it’s a bit confusing to know whose expectations you are to meet at this point in the semester.  While you are temporary members of Professor Williams’ class, you are to complete assignments that he makes in class.  Usually you are asked to complete counterpoint examples begun in class.  You are also to have [...]

Midterm Feedback

I’ll post your midterm exam grades to the Blackboard Gradebook over the weekend, hopefully, and hand your papers back on Monday.  Generally the class did well and performed as expected.
Here are some thoughts I had as I read through the exams:
METER: Identification & Comprehension
Most of you correctly identified 3-4 as simple and 6-8 as compound.  [...]

Sight-Reading Systems

Much of what we do in Aural Perception is in the vast category of sight-reading.  Quick and accurate sight-reading will facilitate the acquisition of correct notes and rhythms and make your musical life much easier.  Although it would be interesting if everyone could bring in their primary instrument to class each time, that is not [...]