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Table of Standard Errors

Music Theory 221 - 224

Part One: Truly Egregious Errors To Be Avoided At All Costs

Error

Textbook References

Notes

Parallel 1, 5, 8

Pgs 72 鈥 73

 

Hidden 5, 8

Pg 75

Outer voices only when soprano moves by leap

Doubled LT

 

 

Doubled 7th of seventh chord

Pg 92, #7

 

Missing 3rd

 

In inversions, may be missing 6th or some other element.

1, 5, 8 by contrary motion

Pg 74 鈥 75

 

Misspelled chords; wrong notes

 

 

Unresolved chords

 

Especially true of dominants that don鈥檛 resolve to tonics

Unresolved LT

Pg 89

Inner voices may provide some flexibility.

Misused Chords

Passim

Using a chord in a way that doesn鈥檛 work鈥攊.e., a IV43 as a dominant or something equally horrid.

Part Two: Errors Which Aren鈥檛 Egregious But Aren鈥檛 Exactly Wonderful Either

Error

Textbook References

Notes

Spacing

Pg 66, 68

Not absolutely inflexible, but should generally be respected.

Overlaps

Pg 76

Will be considered serious errors if they could have been easily avoided.

Voice crossing

Pg 76

Will be considered serious errors if they could have been easily avoided.

Cross Relations

Pgs 364 鈥 365, 398 鈥 400

These are actually quite egregious, but given they鈥檙e difficult to hear sometimes, they鈥檙e listed in the 鈥榣esser evils鈥 category.

Part Three: Stuff Which Indicates A Lack Of Taste

Stuff

Textbook References

Notes

Repeated Chords

Pg 91

Never from weak to strong beat.

Leaps

Pg 70

Especially be careful about 鈥淪tar Trek鈥 bass lines and such.

Harmonic rhythm

Passim

Always a tricky subject鈥攍isten carefully.