• Musical definitions - searchable dictionary of terms as used in A214

• Guideline progressions - for writing chord progressions
• Cadences - guidelines for identifying the most common types
• Part writing - standard four-part harmony writing stuff!
• Chord making - rules for chords
• Circle of fifths - quick reference for checking key signatures
• Chord cards - for use when working out the chords available for a harmony
• Identifying modulations - guidelines to help spot modulations in tonal music
• Tonic Sol-fa - quick reference for the degrees of the scale
• Score reading tips - ideas to help make following complex scores easier
• Two-stave reduction - tips and guidelines, but in general remember to keep it clear!
• Harmonization - some procedures for sorting out harmonization
• Household of Keys - modulations to the most common keys

(The following are saved as Microsoft Word documents and were virus checked prior to uploading)

General:

• Style comparison - comparison of the main features of Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras

Set works:

• Purcell - notes on Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
• Corelli - notes on Corelli's Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.4
• Beethoven - notes on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
• Schubert - notes on Schubert's Octet
• Tchaikovsky - notes on Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings

NB: There are no notes available for Mozart's The Magic Flute since it was mainly covered at the Summer School I was unable to attend (and I'm not keen on opera anyway!!)

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