Diatonic materials
Rudiments: intervals, scales, key signatures, meter, and rhythm
Doubling, spacing, and voice-leading in four parts
Non-chord tones
Tonal system: chord functions
Figured bass
Harmonization of melody and figured bass in four parts
Chromatic materials
secondary dominants
modulation (common chord, direct)
common-tone diminished seventh chords
Neapolitan chords
augmented sixth chords
chromatic (nonfunctional) chord progression
Analysis
binary, ternary forms
variations
strophic, modified strophic, through-composed
sonata-allegro
Arranging
Textures- melody, countermelody, harmony, and bass line (see "Textures handouts")
Choral arranging- setting of words, treatment of the voice, piano accompaniments
Instrumental arranging- characteristics of instruments, transposition, the rhythm section, making
scores and parts
20th-century materials
new scales, new chord structures (quartal, quintal, etc.), non-functional progression, planing
pandiatonicism, polytonality
atonality, serialism
changing and irregular meters
new playing techniques, instruments
chance (aleatoric) music
minimalism
Harmonic analysis practice