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Unit 6 of 8

Harmony and Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices

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UnitsLessons
  1. 01Music Fundamentals I: Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements10
  2. 02Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture13
  3. 03Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords5
  4. 04Harmony and Voice Leading I: Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase5
  5. 05Harmony and Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions and Predominant Function7
  6. 06Harmony and Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices7
  7. 07Harmony and Voice Leading IV: Secondary Function4
  8. 08Modes and Form3
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7 lessons in this unit

  1. 6.1Embellishing Tones: Identifying Passing Tones and Neighbor TonesOpen lesson
  2. 6.2Embellishing Tones: Writing Passing Tones and Neighbor TonesOpen lesson
  3. 6.3Embellishing Tones: Identifying Anticipations, Escape Tones, Appoggiaturas, and Pedal PointsOpen lesson
  4. 6.4Embellishing Tones: Identifying and Writing Suspensions; Identifying RetardationsOpen lesson
  5. 6.5Motive and Motivic TransformationOpen lesson
  6. 6.6Melodic SequenceOpen lesson
  7. 6.7Harmonic SequenceOpen lesson

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