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I. Online Tutorials
Title page for the public OER course Elementary Music Theory (OER)
Title page for the public OER course Musical Form (OER)
Title page for the public OER course Basic Aural Skills I (OER)
Title page for the public OER course Basic Aural Skills II (OER)
II. Compendia and Leaflets
Sheet 1a – Elements of tonal music I: Basic – PDF 70 KB
Sheet 1b – Elements of tonal music II: Advanced – PDF 84 KB
Sheet 2 – Keys, modes, and scales – PDF 151 KB
Sheet 3 – Vocal counterpoint in Renaissance style – PDF 79 KB
Sheet 4 – Clausulae and cadenza construction kit – PDF 68 KB
Sheet 5 – Four-part cadences in the 18th and 19th centuries – PDF 60 KB
Sheet 6 – Scalar triads and tetrads with figured bass – PDF 59 KB
Sheet 7 – Chorale setting and Baroque thoroughbass – PDF 71 KB
Sheet 8 – Sequence patterns and schemata – PDF 319 KB
Sheet 9 – Baroque dances and suite movements – PDF 62 KB
Sheet 10 – Harmonic functions and Roman numerals – PDF 65 KB
Sheet 10a – Series of harmonic functions and extended cadences – PDF 35 KB
Sheet 11 – Musical forms of Classicism and Romanticism – PDF 65 KB
Sheet 11a – Historical models of sonata form – PDF 85 KB
Sheet 12 – Genres in European music history – PDF 76 KB
Sheet 13 – Motivic development and cyclic form – PDF 57 KB
Sheet 14 – Methodology of music analysis – PDF 71 KB
Sheet 15 – German music copyright – PDF 64 KB
III. Elementary Music Theory
Compendia
Sheet 1 – Fundamentals I: Acoustics, tonal system – PDF 71 KB
Sheet 2 – Fundamentals II: Tonal space, rhythm and metre – PDF 155 KB
Sheet 3 – Fundamentals III: Parameters of musical notation – PDF 187 KB
Sheet 4 – Elementary music theory: Pitch I – PDF 415 KB
Sheet 5 – Elementary music theory: Pitch II – PDF 184 KB
Sheet 6 – Harmony: Chords I – PDF 445 KB
Sheet 7 – Harmony: Chords II – PDF 252 KB
Sheet 8 – Harmony: Chords III – PDF 76 KB
Sheet 9 – Elements of composition: Thoroughbass – PDF 519 KB
Sheet 10 – Elements of composition: Counterpoint – PDF 363 KB
Sheet 11 – Basic knowlege: Organology – PDF 134 KB
Sheet 12 – Basic knowledge: Orchestral scores – PDF 82 KB
Sheet 13 – Historical timeline – PDF 79 KB
Complete elementary music theory compendia – PDF 3504 KB
Worksheets: Exercises
Worksheet 1 – Musical notation, pitches and rhythms – PDF 71 KB
Worksheet 2 – Octaves, clefs, note durations, time signatures – PDF 59 KB
Worksheet 4 – Consonance and dissonance, intervals, scales, keys – PDF 62 KB
Worksheet 5 – Diatonics, major and minor, alteration, chromatics, enharmonics – PDF 69 KB
Worksheet 6 – Triads and seventh chords, inversions, positions – PDF 60 KB
Worksheet 7 – Harmonic functions, Roman numerals, circle of fifths, cadences – PDF 65 KB
Worksheet 8 – Altered chords, secondary dominants, modulation – PDF 62 KB
Worksheet 9 – Figured bass, Rule of the Octave, cadential harmony – PDF 118 KB
Worksheet 10 – Counterpoint, voice leading, dissonance types – PDF 70 KB
Worksheet 12 – Orchestral scores and instrumentation – PDF 218 KB
Worksheets: Sample Solutions
Worksheet 1 – Musical notation, pitches and rhythms – PDF 87 KB
Worksheet 2 – Octaves, clefs, note durations, time signatures – PDF 64 KB
Worksheet 4 – Consonance and dissonance, intervals, scales, keys – PDF 62 KB
Worksheet 5 – Diatonics, major and minor, alteration, chromatics, enharmonics – PDF 98 KB
Worksheet 6 – Triads and seventh chords, inversions, positions – PDF 157 KB
Worksheet 7 – Harmonic functions, Roman numerals, circle of fifths, cadences – PDF 90 KB
Worksheet 8 – Altered chords, secondary dominants, modulation – PDF 70 KB
Worksheet 9 – Figured bass, Rule of the Octave, cadential harmony – PDF 271 KB
Worksheet 10 – Counterpoint, voice leading, dissonance types – PDF 249 KB
Worksheet 12 – Orchestral scores and instrumentation – PDF 545 KB
IV. Musical Form
Sheet 1 – Basic terminology and methodology – PDF 74 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 2 – Renaissance: Dances and song types – PDF 70 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 3 – Renaissance: Mass, motet, madrigal, chanson – PDF 78 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 4 – Baroque: Basso ostinato forms, sequences, schemata – PDF 537 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 5 – Baroque: Sonata and suite, concerto – PDF 81 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 6 – Baroque: Opera, oratorio, cantata, recitative and aria – PDF 77 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 7 – Baroque: Ricercar, fugue, invention – PDF 74 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 8 – Classicism: Small binary and ternary, minuet, scherzo – PDF 82 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 9 – Classicism: Variations, rondo, binary adagio form – PDF 70 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 10 – Classicism: Sonata cycle and sonata form, concerto form – PDF 77 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 11 – Romanticism: Miniature forms, character pieces, dances – PDF 74 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 12 – Romanticism: Songs and cycles, choruses, orchestral songs – PDF 72 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 13 – Romanticism: Symphonic poem, opera, music drama – PDF 75 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 14 – 20th century: Symmetry, dodecaphony, serialism – PDF 163 KB – Tutorial
Sheet 15 – 20th century: Post-war styles and directions – PDF 81 KB – Tutorial
Complete musical form compendia – PDF 1637 KB
V. Aural Analysis
Aural Analysis Worksheet 1 – Monteverdi, Schütz – PDF 39 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 2 – Lully, Purcell, Corelli – PDF 37 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 3 – Vivaldi, Bach, Handel – PDF 40 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 4 – Frescobaldi, Fischer, Bach – PDF 41 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 5 – Gluck, Haydn, Mozart – PDF 41 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 6 – Beethoven – PDF 45 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 7 – Mendelssohn, Weber, Wagner – PDF 38 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 8 – Schumann, Brahms – PDF 42 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 9 – Dvořák, Tchaikovsky – PDF 37 KB
Aural Analysis Worksheet 10 – Mahler, Strauss – PDF 37 KB
Aural Analysis Example Sheet – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert – PDF 43 KB
Complete aural analysis worksheets – PDF 417 KB
VI. Worksheets and Examples
Medieval and Renaissance Music
Templates for two-part chorale settings (Contrapunctus simplex) – PDF 37 KB
Perotinus | Leoninus: Organum, Discantus, Clausula, Motet – PDF 33 KB
Machaut: S’amours ne fait par sa grace. Ballad (cloze) – PDF 36 KB
Machaut: S’amours ne fait par sa grace. Ballad (original) – PDF 38 KB
Dufay: Conditor alme siderum. Fauxbourdon (cloze) – PDF 32 KB
Dufay: Conditor alme siderum. Fauxbourdon (original) – PDF 32 KB
Josquin: Missa L’ami baudichon. Gloria and Credo – PDF 28 KB
Josquin: Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae. Pleni sunt coeli (cloze) – PDF 30 KB
Josquin: Missa Pange lingua. Credo (worksheet) – PDF 59 KB
Josquin: Missa Pange lingua. Pleni sunt coeli (cloze) – PDF 30 KB
Bauldeweyn: Missa Da pacem. Crucifixus (cloze) – PDF 53 KB
Othmayr: Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst. Bicinium (cloze) – PDF 30 KB
Othmayr: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ. Bicinium (cloze) – PDF 42 KB
Othmayr: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir. Bicinium (cloze) – PDF 45 KB
Walter: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. Bicinium (cloze) – PDF 32 KB
Rhau: So wünsch ich ihr ein gute Nacht. Bicinium (text underlay) – PDF 28 KB
Rhau: So wünsch ich ihr ein gute Nacht. Bicinium (original) – PDF 37 KB
Goudimel: Missa Il ne se trouve. Pleni | Lasso: Penitential Psalm (cloze) – PDF 37 KB
Goudimel: Missa Il ne se trouve. Pleni | Lasso: Penitential Psalm (originals) – PDF 48 KB
Lasso: Esurientes implevit bonis. Bicinium – PDF 30 KB
Lasso: Ipsa te cogat pietas. Bicinium (cloze) – PDF 37 KB
Lasso: Ipsa te cogat pietas. Bicinium (original) – PDF 35 KB
Lasso: Oculus non vidit. Bicinium Nr. 18 (cloze) – PDF 30 KB
Lasso: Oculus non vidit. Bicinium Nr. 18 (original) – PDF 32 KB
Lasso: Missa Paschalis. Benedictus | Byrd: Missa à 5. Agnus Dei (cloze) – PDF 35 KB
Lasso: Missa Paschalis. Benedictus | Byrd: Missa à 5. Agnus Dei (originals) – PDF 38 KB
Victoria | Lasso | Josquin: Soggetti for imitation exercises (cloze) – PDF 37 KB
Victoria | Lasso | Josquin: Soggetti for imitation exercises (originals) – PDF 39 KB
Palestrina: Soggetti for imitation exercises (cloze) – PDF 30 KB
Palestrina: Soggetti for imitation exercises (originals) – PDF 36 KB
Palestrina: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus. Benedictus (cloze) – PDF 29 KB
Palestrina: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus. Benedictus (original) – PDF 30 KB
Baroque Music and Thoroughbass
Theme composition worksheet (incipits to be completed to 8 bars) – PDF 39 KB
Caccini: Arie di Romanesca by Giulio and Francesca (thoroughbass) – PDF 58 KB
Dowland: Come again | Schütz: O lieber Herre Gott (thoroughbass) – PDF 40 KB
Purcell: Dido und Aeneas. Dido’s lament (thoroughbass) – PDF 38 KB
Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, Op. 1 No. 12 | Handel: Giulio Cesare (thoroughbass) – PDF 37 KB
Corelli: Sonata da camera, Op. 2 No. 5 | Purcell: Sonata No. 3 (thoroughbass) – PDF 39 KB
Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, Op. 3 No. 7 (cloze) – PDF 29 KB
Corelli: Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 7 (thoroughbass) – PDF 38 KB
Crüger: Brunnquell aller Güter | Freylinghausen: O Durchbrecher (chorale) – PDF 38 KB
Crüger: Dank sei Gott | Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (thoroughbass) – PDF 50 KB
Chorale melodies: Nun ruhen alle Wälder | O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort – PDF 35 KB
Bach: Seelenbräutigam | O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort (chorales) – PDF 39 KB
Bach: Two-part Inventions in F major | E flat major (cloze) – PDF 48 KB
Bach: Three-part fugue expositions after the WTC (cloze) – PDF 45 KB
Bach: Examples for tonal answers of fugue subjects (cloze) – PDF 35 KB
Bach: Examples for tonal answers of fugue subjects (originals) – PDF 43 KB
Bach: Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier | Die goldne Sonne (thoroughbass) – PDF 39 KB
Bach: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter | Nun lob mein Seel (thoroughbass) – PDF 43 KB
Bach: Praeambulum in G minor | Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 12 (cloze) – PDF 33 KB
Vivaldi: Winter, Op. 8 No. 4 | Bach: Christmas Oratorio (thoroughbass) – PDF 42 KB
Handel: Flute Sonatas, Op. 1 Nos. 5 und 1b (thoroughbass) – PDF 36 KB
Mattei: Four Partimenti in C major and A minor (thoroughbass) – PDF 40 KB
Classical Music, Romanticism, 20th Century
Haydn: Quartet, Op. 20 No. 3 (middle voices and variation) – PDF 37 KB
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 | Rossini: Il barbiere (period and sentence) – PDF 34 KB
Schubert: Quartet, D 804 | Mendelssohn: Quartet, Op. 13 (cloze) – PDF 41 KB
Brahms: Violin Sonata, Op. 100 | Quartet, Op. 51 No. 1 (cloze) – PDF 42 KB
Franck: Symphony | Liszt: Piano Concerto | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – PDF 40 KB
Shostakovich: Fugues, Op. 87 Nos. 4, 10, and 13 (cloze) – PDF 34 KB
Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, No. 3: L’échange (cloze) – PDF 46 KB
Lutoslawski: Invention | Bartók: Quartet No. 1 | Hindemith: Ludus tonalis – PDF 44 KB
Gershwin | Porter | Kern | Berlin: Songs from musicals (cloze) – PDF 47 KB
Construction template for Tonnetz graphs (Neo-Riemannian Theory) – PDF 399 KB