TEACHING RESOURCES
LEVEL D
Melodic Cells
1
Melodic cell 1 should be sung with the syllables "Do-De-Te" where "De" (as rare as this syllable is) is acting as the chordal-seventh of the secondary leading-tone chord to III (viiº7/III) and, therefore, must resolve down by step.
2
Melodic cell 2 should be sung with the syllables "Me-Mi-Fa" where "Mi," in this case, is acting as the chordal seventh of the secondary dominant chord to iv.
3
Melodic cell 3 should be sung with the syllables "Me-Ra-Do" where "Ra" is acting as the chordal seventh of the secondary dominant chord to IV.
4
Melodic cell 4 should be sung with the syllables "Mi-Ra-Do" where "Ra" is is acting as the chordal-seventh of the secondary leading-tone chord to iv (viiº7/iv) and, therefore, must resolve down by step.
5
Melodic cell 5 should be sung with the syllables "Sol-Se-Fa" where "Se" is is acting as the chordal-seventh of the secondary leading-tone chord to VII (viiº7/VII) and, therefore, must resolve down by step.
Harmonic Cells
1
Harmonic cell 1 demonstrates a secondary dominant to the III chord.
2
Harmonic cell 2 demonstrates a secondary leading-tone chord to the III chord. Notice melodic cell 1 in the soprano voice!
3
Harmonic cell 3 demonstrates a secondary dominant to the iv chord. Notice melodic cell 2 in the alto voice!
4
Harmonic cell 4 demonstrates a secondary leading-tone chord to the iv chord. Notice melodic cell 3 in the alto voice!
5
Harmonic cell 5 demonstrates a secondary dominant to the VI chord. Notice melodic cell 3 in the alto voice!
6
Harmonic cell 6 demonstrates a secondary leading-tone chord to the VI chord. The alto voice here sounds like "Me-Mi-Me" but must function as a lowered scale-degree 4! If it were spelled as a raised scale-degree 3, it would be spelled as a viiº7/iv. Spelling matters!.
7
Harmonic cell 7 demonstrates a secondary dominant to the VII chord.
8
Harmonic cell 8 demonstrates a secondary leading-tone chord to the VII chord. Notice melodic cell 4 in the bass voice and melodic cell 5 in the tenor voice!
