Coursera – DYM Lesson 2 Peer Reviews
Peer review for the second week’s homework assignment for Coursera’s Developing Your Musicianship class began today. Like before, we have to review 5 assignments by Sunday and submit them. This week’s submitted homework was short, so I did 15 tonight. Each assignment that we graded had to be assigned one of these 3 scores:
0 = Disagree
5 = Somewhat agree
10 = Agree
Along with providing a score for each question, we have the option to include a comment as well. Under each comment field, a tracker lets us know how many words were written in our response.
Lesson 2 Peer Reviews
Our task was brief this week – write out the notes of the C major triads on a treble clef. We had to include the I (tonic), IV (sub-dominant) and V (dominant), making this C-F-G. We then had to upload a picture or scan of our work.
All of the assignments I looked at got the notes on the staff right. This was probably due in part to all of the triads in the C major scale being spelled out in the 4-page study guide. Some students provided more detail than others though, including solfege names and other information.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I like the solfege a lot. Its precise, which I appreciate. I need to learn it more. I think everyone knows do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do, but there are other names that fit in-between these that I’ve only seen a few times and need to familiarize myself with.
Coursera – DYM Lesson 2 videos (6)
Video #6 for Lesson 2 of Coursera’s Developing Your Musicianship class introduces us to progressions – specifically the I-IV-V chord progression.
6. I IV V Chord Progression (5:00)
Professor Russell begins the video with, “So, we’ve talked about the major triad and minor triad. And if you remember, when we talked about the major triad, I constructed them starting on the 1 chord – in this case C major, the 4 chord – in this case F major, the 5 chord – G major, and then I went back to the one chord.” He plays the given chord on the piano for each of the three he mentioned. Then he continues with, “The reason why I did that is because those three chords, you hear all the time in songs.”
He explains that the 1 chord is also the tonic, the 4 chord is the sub-dominant and the 5 chord is the dominant chord. He calls the tonic our home base or tonal center. The 4 chord, or sub-dominant, is a step below the dominant chord, and the 5 chord, or dominant, has a tendency to go back to the 1. He says this is created by what is called the leading tone and that the dominant very often goes back to the tonic. He then says that we’ve all probably heard a dozen or so songs with those three chords in just the last few months alone and says that he’d like to play through a few progressions with those three chords and asks us to sing along using the root, or tonic, of the chord.
Ugly Bass Face 