Lesson 4: Transposition and Analysis

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1. Lesson 4: Master Transposition & Scavenger Hunt! Chords in ”Lincolnshire Posy”
2. Lesson I Building Major and Minor Triads Lesson II Identifying Triads in “Horkstow Grange” Lesson III Tuning Roots and Balancing Chords in “Horkstow Grange” Lesson IV Master Transposition, and Scavenger Hunt! Identify Chords with your Section in ”Lincolnshire Posy” Lesson V Arranging Chord Progressions for Performance
3. A Few Thoughts On Our Exit Slip: Don’t forget the inversion! Why? It tells you where to listen. (Resubmit up to Monday if you’d like. ES1 is due today.)
4. A Few Thoughts On Our Exit Slip: Why is m. 8 challenging to analyze? cm dm(7?) cm(7?)/E-flat (UN?) (7?) Answers: “7th chords and inversions are challenging to tune.” True, but the question is about analysis, not performance. “Multiple minor chords are present.” Perhaps minor chords are more challenging to analyze. Not the best answer though. “The sopranos have 2 quarter notes while everyone has a quarter note triplet. These two rhythms don’t vertically align [which make accurate labels difficult to apply.]” The best answer. Use of academic language, as well as defining the most glaring difficulty.
5. A Few Thoughts On Our Exit Slip: Why do we use these percentages? “To balance triads.” That’s how, not why. “It’s pleasing to us.” True. Why though?
6. Academic Language Written/Transposing Pitch Concert/Sounding Pitch Transposing instruments have different written pitches and sounding pitches. A transposing pitch is given to a transposing instrument to generate a concert/sounding pitch. Non-transposing instruments have the same written pitch and concert/sounding pitch. Concert and Sounding Pitch are synonymous.
7. Transposing Instruments Concert Instruments (Non-Transposing) Transposing Instruments Flute/Piccolo Oboe Bassoon Trombone Euphonium (BC) Tuba English Horn (F) Clarinet (B-flat) Saxophones Soprano/Tenor: B-flat Alto/Bari: E-flat Trumpet (B-flat) French Horn (F)
8. Written (Tr) to Sounding (CP): B-flat instruments will transpose all written pitches (WP) down one whole step (M2) to sounding pitch (SP.) F instruments will transpose all WP down 3.5W (P5) to SP. E-flat instruments will transpose all WP up a step and a half (m3) to SP.
9. Sounding (CP) to Written (Tr): B-flat instruments transpose all written pitches (WP) up one whole step (M2) to sounding pitch (SP.) F instruments transpose all WP up 3.5W (P5) to SP. E-flat instruments transpose all WP down a step and a half (m3) to SP.
10. Advice When Studying: 1. Look at all of the parts. 2. If you see another third stacked on top of the fifth, that’s a seventh chord. Another third on top? That’s a ninth chord. 3. If you can’t identify a chord, that’s fine. I’ll come help you! 4. How often does the chord change? Every quarter note? Eighth Note?
11. Clarinet, BCL Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 4 mm. 1-9 Flute Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 6 mm. 130-141 Saxophone Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 6 mm. 130-141 Oboe Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 6 mm. 130-141 Trumpets Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 5 m. 1 (Start at Beg.) Horns Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 5 m. 1 (Start at A) Trombones Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 5 m. 1 (Start at Beg.) Tuba/Euph Lincolnshire Posy, Movement 5 m. 1 (Start at A)
12. Submit Your Analysis!