Haven't begun grading exams or chorales yet (4.45pm Wed). AP took me all day!!
Here's how it all shook out . . .
Because we essentially had no midterm exam, I had to adjust the grade distribution.
15% participation & attendance (most of you received A-/A)
20% journal (quite a wide range of grades - I'm not impressed)
35% quizzes (mostly As and Bs except 2 students received no credit for 1 quiz)
30% final (lowest grade was 61; highest was 92)
Here's a list that includes final exam grades and your final assigned letter grade
| STU ID (last 4) | Final Exam | Final Grade |
| 8917 | 61 | C- |
| 4021 | 84 | B+ |
| 5643 |
Things to think about when you are part writing:
1.) Allow all tendency tones to resolve correctly.
*This means that a leading tone in a V or a vii diminished chord resolves UP by step to the tonic pitch when it goes to I or vi.
*The 7th of any chord resolves DOWN by step
*Any pitch that is altered (sharp,flat,natural) will usually resolve in the direction of its' alteration.
2.)Do NOT create parallel octaves, fifths or unisons (by contrary or parallel motion)...Bach kills a kitten?
3.) If it is possible to keep a note, do it! You want to move your voices the least distance possible to the next chord change.
*Avoid large leaps (more than a third)
*Avoid difficult intervals (tritones, sixths, sevenths, ninths....three hundred and thirty secondths)
4.) No more than
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