HARMONIC EXPANSIONS
CHAPTER 6: PERIODS AND CADENCES
6.8 Dictations
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| Can you recognize by ear the cadences and periods on the previous pages?
1. DOWNLOAD a blank answer sheet (pdf). 2. CHOOSE the playback instrument(s) in the first column of the chart below and CLICK one of the numbers. An audio file will begin to play. Its number corresponds to a problem on the answer sheet. 4. WRITE the soprano and bass that you hear on the staffs provided. Do not write inner voices. 5. WRITE a Roman numeral analysis below the staff. 6. DOWNLOAD the Solutions file (pdf). ...and 7. CHECK your answers!! |
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Periods with half cadences |
Periods with imperfect authentic cadences |
Continuous periods |
Periods with Plagal cadences |
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Playback on Piano |
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 | 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 | 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 | 16 , 17 , 18 |
| Woodwind Ensemble | 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 | 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 | 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 | 16 , 17 , 18 |
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Oboe & Continuo |
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 | 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 | 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 | 16 , 17 , 18 |
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String Quartet |
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 | 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 | 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 | 16 17 , 18 |
Now if you are saying, "I'm done! Where do I go from here?"
then go to your favorite music theory text book and study it with the concept of harmonic expansions in mind.
Congratulations on having competed these pages, and as you leave here are two parting wishes:
May all your dissonances resolve and may all your journeys' cadences be strong.
~Gilbert DeBenedetti
September 30, 2015
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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