Homework for Module 19

A. Tonic recognition

Choose C, G, F, D.

For each:

1. play the major scale
2. improvise a few random notes
3. stop
4. sing tonic
5. verify

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B. Scale degrees

In each of those keys, sing and play:

1-3-5-3-1

1-4-3-2-1

1-6-5-3-2-1

7-1

4-3

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C. Simple melodies by ear

Without sheet music, find:

• Twinkle
• Ode to Joy
• Happy Birthday

Write scale degrees, not note names.

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D. Transposition

Take one of them and play it in:

C, G, F, B♭

without relearning it from scratch.

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E. Sing before play

For every note of one short phrase:

sing the next note before touching the keyboard.

No random searching.

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F. Drone practice

Hold C in LH.

RH improvise/sing degrees:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Listen to each note's relationship to C.

Repeat over G.

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G. Degree identification

Have someone—or a random method of your choice—pick a C-major note.

Play tonic first, then that note.

Try to identify its scale degree before looking.

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H. Internal hearing

Play C.

Imagine:

E

then verify.

Imagine:

G

verify.

Imagine:

B

verify.

Then do the same in G major.

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I. One familiar melody

Choose a song you know extremely well but have never played from sheet music.

Find only its first 4–8 bars.

Write:

• scale degrees
• rhythm roughly
• phrase endings

Then transpose.