Assignment 4

Remember...

The complete Assignment 3 exercises are also due at the start of class Tuesday if you didn’t submit them already.

Read

Read this chapter on further rhythmic subdivisions, dotted rhythms, and syncopation before class on Tuesday. Here all all the audio tracks referred to in the reading.

Note-reading on Teoría

Complete the following and submit your completed exercise scores before class on Tuesday.
Log in to teoría.com (here are registration instructions).
After you have logged in, use this direct link to go to the note-reading exercise at the required settings.
You can adjust these exercise settings for practice purposes by starting the exercise and then clicking the Reset score & edit options button.
The setting should then appear as in this screenshot:

Change them as needed to allow you to practice at an appropriate level, without pointless frustration. But if you change the settings, be sure to reset them as above (or simply re-click the direct link above) before you eventually save and submit your scores.
Be sure to log in to be able to save your scores. You may also need to log in before you click the link above in order for the settings to register properly.
Here is more information on the exercise and options settings:
Clefs: You need to have both selected (as in the screenshot) when you save and submit, but at first you may want to select just one at a time to focus on them separately.

Use notes over: For now, select lines and spaces, but not ledger lines or accidentals.

Answer using: The ideal way to do this exercise is to play the notated pitches on a MIDI (piano) keyboard. You must use Google Chrome as your browser for this feature to work. If you are using Chrome and your MIDI keyboard is connected, the MIDI keyboard response should work regardless of which “Answer using” option is selected on the options screen. However, if you answer using a MIDI keyboard, you must enter the pitches in the correct octave. On a mini keyboard like the Nektar SE25, which has only 2 octaves instead of the 7 1/2 octaves of a full keyboard, this requires constantly adjusting the Oct- and Oct+ buttons, which is extremely difficult to perform within the allotted time!
Otherwise, you can enter your responses either by clicking on the on-screen visual keyboard (ideally the “full-size” one, to practice thinking in the correct octave, but you can select the other keyboard option to get instead an easier to use single-octave on-screen keyboard), or by typing the appropriate letter on your regular (alphabet) keyboard. You can always use your computer’s alphabet keyboard to type the note name, rather than clicking on screen, even if the “Visual keyboard” option was selected.
Stop after: 5 exercises (of 4 notes each).
Tempo: When you select a tempo, you are given approximately two beats to identify each pitch. Work your way up to successful performance (90-100% accuracy) at 30 bpm by Tuesday. (I will give partial credit for scores approaching the target.) If clef-reading is new to you, you may want to begin with “No tempo” so you can start with zero time pressure.
Remember that you must be using Chrome to enable MIDI keyboard response.
Read the teoría instructions page carefully to see how to save and submit your successful scores.