ATS1900

Week 3 Leading to the Dominant: Subdominant and Supertonic

Assessment

Group Assignment:
Harmonically analyse a selected section from Franz Schuberts Die Winterreise. Harmonise a given melodic phrase using conventional diatonic harmony.
Both due in week 8 lecture

Examination Task:
Harmonisation from a bass line.
Exams will be held in week 12

Introduction of Lecture Objectives

By the end of this lecture, students should be able to: Understand the pre-dominant function and how it can be prolonged. Adopt the varying uses of the pre-dominant function to expand the tonic harmony or lead to the dominant. Understand the relevant partwriting constraints within the pre-dominant function.

Revision

A quick review to get the brains into gear What was taught last week? What were the main concepts?

The Primary Triads

Overview of Topics

The Subdominant and the Supertonic

Unpacking our current tonal palette Chord Construction Introductions and Resolutions

The Pre-Dominant Function

Cadential Situations Structural Situations

Embellishing Situations

Partwriting Considerations

If in doubt, revise the processes using these exercises: p.172-175 Harmonizing Melodies p.175-176 Elaborating Harmonic Models p.137-140 Voice-leading Reduction

The important points of the lecture

Content Recapitulation

Suggested Reading
Robert Gauldin (2nd Ed.) p. 164-178 Chapter 11: The Tonic and Subdominant Triads in First Inversion: The IV and I as Embellishing Chords p.222-241 Chapter 14: The Pre-Dominant II and II7 Chords This guide has provided you with a summarised version of these chapters, but it is still recommended you use the textbook in conjunction with this in order to get the maximum educational value.