Theory Courses
Theory and Composition
Maestro Kamran Khacheh
Course I (Beginners and Intermediates)
- Materials of Music
- Basic properties of sound
- Classification of intervals and scales
- Inversions of intervals and scales
- Triads
- Chord components
- Triad types based on individual scale degrees
- Inversions
- Consonant and dissonant intervals
- Duplets and quadruplets
- Chord disposition closed and open
- Movement of individual voices
- Connections of Primary Triads
- Tonic, subdominant, and dominant degree chords (I, IV, V)
- Voice leading rules
- First Inversion
- Notation with numbers
- Nature of first inversion
- Dominant Seventh Chords
- Origin of harmonic dissonance
- Natural resolution
- The three inversions
- Ninth and Thirteenth Chords
- Seventh chord
- Inversions
- Notes Unrelated to Harmony (la fioritura melodica)
- Ornamentation and passing tones
- Retardation
- Anticipation
- Appoggiatura
All topics will be supported by examples and practical exercises
Course II (Advanced Students)
- Tonality and Mode
- Tonal functions of scale degrees
- Modal scales
- Tonal strength of chords
- Sixth, seventh and third degrees
- Realization of bass at the fundamental stage of first and second inversion
- Cadences
- Authentic, perfect and imperfect cadences
- Half, plagal and deceptive cadences
- Phrygiancadence
- “Artificial” Secondary Seventh
- Function of the dissonant chords which are different from dominant seventh chords
- Seventh chords types
- Special Sequences
- Possible special resolutions (tonal and modal)
- Secondary dominants
- Modulation
- Psychological need of tonality changes
- Modulations from close and distant keys
- Progression
- Initial mode
- Tone progression
- Function of secondary dominants
- Modulating progression
- Chromatic (altered) chords
- Raised IV° degree and lowered V° and VI° degree
- Augmented sixth and Neapolitan sixth chords
- Analysis
- Harmonic analysis
- Formal analysis
Texts:
Course I
- La nuova scuola di teoria e lettura musicale, Carlo Delfrati e Rita Ferri(ed. Curci, Milano)
- Il Libro delle letture, Carlo Delfrati e Rita Ferri (ed. Curci, Milano)
- Armonia tradizionale (vol. 1), Paul Hindemith(ed. Curci, Milano)
Course II
- Lezioni di armonia, R. Dionisi e M. Toffoletti (ed. Curci, Milano)
- Quaderno di esercitazioni, R. Dionisi e M. Toffoletti (ed. Curci, Milano)
- Appunti di analisi formale, R. Dionisi e M. Toffoletti (ed. Curci, Milano)