MAJOR TONALITY
Resting Tone
First Steps
Start by watching this video to get the sound of Major in your audiation.
Next Step: Patterns
Tonal patterns and rhythm patterns are the words of music.
Aural/Oral Patterns
Listen and echo
Listen to these patterns on a neutral syllable, breathe on the second click and echo them back. You are building a tonal vocabulary.
Verbal Association Patterns
Listen and echo
Listen to these patterns with tonal solfege, breathe on the second click and echo them back. You are building a tonal vocabulary.
12 lessons
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In this course, students will learn the tonal audiation foundation: resting tone as well as tonic and dominant harmonic functions in major and minor tonalities.
Extensions
Further engage in major tonality in the following ways.
Sing Some Bass Lines
Singing bass lines is a powerful way to jumpstart your audiation by listening to and for the changes.
Explore the Purposeful Pathways
Navigating between chords will help you make the powerful connection between melody and harmony.
