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Mus 303 Form & Analysis: patterns and processes in music.

Taught in the fall of 1997, there are no plans to teach this course again. It is archived here for historical purposes, the first asynchronous web course to be taught at NAU.

Sojurn

Music Instructional Software

Online Computer-Assisted Instruction

These three drills require JavaScript-enabled browsers (created on Mac using Netscape 4.06). Scores are broken down by chord subtypes and may be e-mailed to instructors.

Recent browser issues: By all reports these pages work in all Windows environments (Explorer, Netscape, Firefox). They also work on Apple machines when using Opera or Apple's browser, Safari. Won't run on Apple machines with system 9.2 in Internet Explorer 5.2.3 or Netscape 4.76 through 7.0. The pages work on the latest version (7.1) of Netscape.

7th Chord Identification: Given a chord in root position, student identifies it by type: M7, V7, m7, ø7, or o7. Chords are written in treble, alto, and bass clefs.
7th Chord Construction: Given a chord factor, student finds a different factor then adds accidentals to create desired seventh chord.
Secondary Function Construction: Given key and analysis symbol, student writes the root then adds accidentals to create the desired 7th chord in a secondary context (V7/, viio7/ and viiø7/).

Hypercard Stacks for Mac

The following stacks are now pretty much obsolete. Hypercard is not playable in Windows or the new Intel Mac. But, if you happen to have one of the older Macs with system 9 or and iMac that will play in Classic mode, these should still be functional.

Four-Part Dictation 5.2 ©1990, Timothy A. Smith (485K download)
This stack will dictate SATB progressions of five chords that students can write, analyze, and grade. Instructions come with the stack (see "Stack" menu). Sound defaults to MIDI device out of the modem port. If MIDI is not available, use the "Audio" menu to play from the Macintosh. Students may use this stack free of charge. Instructors wanting to use the stack for testing will need to request the "4-Pt Dict Toolbox" and "Decoder" from tim.smith@nau.edu
Form Companion 1.4 ©1993, Timothy A. Smith (457K download) instructions come with the software
This stack is ideal for creating animated graphs of homophonic forms such as sonata-allegro, song-form with trio, rondo, etc. Using simple point and click operations, students can calibrate formal outlines and program notes to compact disk recordings. The companion also allows the importation of notated themes and historical information. Form Companion will run on Hypercard Player (make sure the Player is set for minimum RAM of 1200 or some graphics may not appear).
Counterpoint Companion 1.1 ©1995, Timothy A. Smith (188K download) and instructions
This stack is ideal for creating animated graphs of fugues, inventions, or chorale preludes. It shows the voice in which the subject, motive, or cantus firmus appears as well as countersubjects, pedal tones, sequences, augmentations/diminutions, double counterpoint, melodic inversions, etc. Each timeline may be calibrated to as many as three different compact disk recordings. Counterpoint Companion requires the full programmers version of Hypercard to create timelines. After timelines have been created, they will run on Hypercard Player.
Canon Game 1.3 ©1993, Timothy A. Smith (292K download)
This game is designed to teach canonic operations such as contrary and retrograde motion and imitation at intervals other than the unison. The student writes the leader while the computer writes the follower and indicates simple mistakes of dissonance, unacceptable parallels, and doubled or unresolved leading tones. The computer will also encrypt the counterpoint, illustrating how composers of the 17th and 18th centuries would have employed enigmatic symbols to create puzzle canons. Requires the Sonata screen font (and printer font to print). Will run on Hypercard Player (set to 1600 RAM). Will NOT run in virtual memory.

How to download the above Hypercard stacks:

Click the desired download link (above). This will put a bin-hexed copy of the program somewhere on your computer, either on the desktop, or browser cache or some other folder designated for internet downloads. To find where: use the "Find..." menu item under the "File" menu and search for the "hqx" string.
Normally the downloaded file will have automatically unstuffed itself...that is, converted itself from a bin-hexed file to a Hypercard stack. If the Hypercard file does not appear, you may need to install the application "StuffIt Expander." If StuffIt is already installed, but the stack did not unstuff automatically, you will need to configure your browser to recognize the .hqx mime type as a file that needs to be directed to the helper application StuffIt Expander. But before you do that, try dragging the hqx file over the StuffIt icon.
Double-click on the unstuffed stack to launch the program. If the program fails to open, this would indicate that you do not have Hypercard or Hypercard Player resident on your hard drive.

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