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  • For melodic dictation: Some number of points per pitch (usually double-weighted if it's a chromatic pitch) -- I *may* give partial credit if they get a diatonic interval off for an extended period of time, but often not, since that indicates that th…
    in Grading dictations and sight-singing Comment by Eric Knechtges August 2021
  • Does it matter if the "resolution" is over a phrase boundary? I can think of plenty of popular songs that end a phrase with V/V (or major II, if you'd rather), but begin the next phrase with I (Total Eclipse of the Heart, I'm Yours, etc.) Boston's …
    in V/V to I Comment by Eric Knechtges April 2021
  • Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, the major-key theme The second theme to Beethoven's first piano sonata comes to mind, but that spins out into an awfully long phrase...
    in Looking for First Phrases that Begin with a Dominant Chord Comment by Eric Knechtges November 2016