10.5 Part Writing, Seventh Chords: Aural Training exercises

Step 1) Listen to each harmonic progression, consisting of four triads and/or 7th chords in root-position or inversion. 

Step 2) Sing along with the bass line, then notate it on the staff

Step 3) Sing up and down each chord as it goes along, finding the notes of each chord along the way. Though the chord progression in played in open SATB voicing, you should sing up and down each chord in closed position above each bass note (i.e. find the bass note and sing up to the next closest pitch in the chord, then up again to the next pitch, and back down again, recognizing the scale degrees of each note in the chord. From there, identify the quality and roman numeral of each chord. 

Label the roman numeral and inversion of all four chords in each progression: