Accidental Circles
for Tonal Piano Repertoire
Definition: A Circle of Fifths Diagram Showing
Which Chords Require Accidentals
Functions First!
Have Students Experience the SOUND of
TONIC STABILITY and DOMINANT TENSION
Before I and V7 Terminology
Follow the magnet images in the videos of classical excerpts. Tilt a PUSHPIN MAGNET on magnetic receptive surface to sync with the "feeling" of V7 tension.
pushpin magnet flat = TONIC = home/stable
pushpin magnet tilted = DOMINANT = feel pull toward home
Excerpts from Rossini, Mozart,
Beethoven, and more!
CLICK HERE for song index in YouTube
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Offenbach - Can Can
Verdi - La donna e mobile
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Denza - Funiculi, Funicula
Smetana - Dance of the Comedians
Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 49, No. 2
Allen - Celebrated Chop Waltz
Repertoire
Click on Counting link under title for video
March No. 1 - Turk
Minuet - Reinagle
Vivace / Trumpet - Gurlitt
German Dance - Beethoven
Improv Examples - Roots, Chord Tones, Non-chord Tones
Chord tone and non-chord tone improv ideas
