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MIT OpenCourseWare
Harmony and Counterpoint II
Art: Praetorius Trombones 1614-1620 Syntagma Musicum · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Brian Robison
- Term
- Spring 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 61 other files · 6 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21M.302 Harmony and Counterpoint II, Spring 2005, Prof. Brian Robison — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Assignments
11 files
Exams
11 files
Projects
26 files
- Theme and five variations in g minor Download
- Five variations only (slow take) Download
- Laura Burton · Uncorrected Version Download
- Laura Burton · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and five variations in a minor Download
- Joy Ebertz · Uncorrected Version Download
- Joy Ebertz · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and four variations in E major Download
- T. R. Jordan · Uncorrected Version Download
- T. R. Jordan · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and variations one through four in C major Download
- Finale (first take) Download
- Finale (second take) Download
- Variation 2 (second half only) Download
- John Lee · Uncorrected Version Download
- John Lee · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and six variations in A major Download
- Finale (slow take) Download
- Justin Lo · Uncorrected Version Download
- Justin Lo · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and four variations in C major Download
- Dennis Miaw · Uncorrected Version Download
- Dennis Miaw · Corrected Version Download
- Theme and four variations in D major Download
- P. J. Steiner · Uncorrected Version Download
- P. J. Steiner · Corrected Version Download
Study Materials
- Overview of Elementary Chromatic Harmony Download
- Summary of Strict Note-Against-Note Counterpoint in FOUR Voices Download
- Summary of Strict Note-Against-Note Counterpoint in TWO Voices Download
- Theme Draft Workshop Music Download
Other materials from this course
9 files
- This file contains the questions for intervals and triads (quiz3inteandtrds.pdf) Download
- This file contains the questions for intervals and triads (quiz4inteandtrds.pdf) Download
- This file contains the questions to test students understanding on the course material (quiz5_viio7.pdf) Download
- This file contains the questions (quiz6_bII6.pdf) Download
- This file contains the questions (quiz7_aug6th.pdf) Download
- This resource contains questions to test students understanding on the course material (test1_music.pdf) Download
- This resource contains question on bass realization (test2bass.pdf) Download
- This resource contains question to test student understanding (test2beeth.pdf) Download
- This file contains the questions for practice quiz for intervals (pracquizintetrds.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Review of Four-part Writing (cont.) Assignment 1 (Long Exercise in Four-part Writing) Practice Quiz (C, a, G, e, F, d)
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Lecture 3: Review of Two-part Counterpoint Assignment 2 (Short Exercise in Four-part Writing) Quiz 1 (C, a, G, e, F, d)
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Lecture 4: Review of Diatonic Harmony, Cadences, Binary Form Assignment 3 (Long Exercise in Two-part Writing)
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Lecture 5: Review of Melodic Figuration Assignment 4 (Short Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading) Quiz 2 (D, b, Bb, g)
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Lecture 6: Review of Rhythmic Figuration Assignment 5 (Long Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading)
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Lecture 7: Review of Diatonic Modulation Assignment 6 (Short Exercise in Harmony and Voice-Leading) Quiz 3 (A, f#, Eb, c)
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Lecture 8: Test 1 (Diatonic Voice-Leading, Harmony, and Figuration)
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Lecture 9: Introduction to Leading-Tone Seventh Chords Assignment 7 (Analytic Exercise) Quiz 4 (E, c#, Ab, f)
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Lecture 10: Applied Leading-tone Seventh Chords
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Lecture 11: Workshop Discussion of Theme Drafts Introduction to the Flat Supertonic (Neapolitan) Assignment 8 (viio⁷ and applied viio⁷) Quiz 5 (viio⁷ in all Keys)
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Lecture 12: Introduction to Chords of the Augmented Sixth
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Lecture 13: Workshop Discussion of Revised Themes Introduction to Mode Mixture Assignment 9 (Flat Supertonic and Chords of the Augmented Sixth) Quiz 6 (ii⁶, iio⁶, and bII⁶ , in all Keys)
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Lecture 14: Complete Draft of Variation(s), Featuring Melodic Figuration
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Lecture 15: Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Melodic Figuration Assignment 10 (Mode Mixture) Quiz 7 (vi, \[b\]VI, and Chords of the Augmented Sixth, in all Keys)
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Lecture 16: Test 2 (Elementary Chromatic Harmony)
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Lecture 17: Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Melodic Figuration Assignment 11 (Chromatic Harmony) Quiz 8 (A, Ab, a, Bb, b, Including Chromatic Harmony)
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Lecture 18: Complete Draft of Variation(s), Featuring Rhythmic Figuration
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Lecture 19: Workshop Discussion of Variations Featuring Rhythmic Figuration Assignment 12 (Chromatic Harmony) Quiz 9 (C, c, c#, D, d, Including Chromatic Harmony)
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Lecture 20: Complete Draft of Variation(s), in the Parallel Mode
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Lecture 21: Workshop Discussion of Variations in the Parallel Mode Assignment 13 (Chromatic Modulation)
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Lecture 22: Assignment 14 (Chromatic Modulation)
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Lecture 23: Assignment 15 (Chromatic Modulation) Quiz 10 (E, Eb, e, F, f, f#, G, g)
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Lecture 24: Performances of Final Projects Assignment 16 (Chromatic Harmony)
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Lecture 25: Performances of Final Projects (cont.)
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