The Choir Loft

Alex Giddings
Mar 11

'Iron Chef' Harmonic Dictation Challenge!

Think you have the harmonic dictation chops to take on 'Iron Chef' Mark 'Tomato' Alley? If so, read on!

The house rules of Dictation Stadium are as follows:

(1) Every two-to-three weeks, I will post a short chord progression (no more than 90 seconds in length), drawn from a piece of actual music (either tonal, or modal).

(2) Contestants will do their best to transcribe said chord progression as quickly and accurately as possible using either lead sheet symbols or Roman numerals (inversions count!).

(3) Criterion 1 (quickness) will be judged by me (i.e., the space manager); criterion 2 (accuracy) will be judged by a panel of experts (i.e., the best ears on ToneGym); a combination of both will be required to succeed.

(4) If ever a challenger wins over the Iron Chef, he or she will gain the people's ovation and fame forever!

'Allez dictée!'

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Mark Tomato Alley
Mar 12

Hehe, thanks for the dictation, I'll give it a try soon! It all sounds very intimidating though!

Everyone who feels like it is invited to try and give a correct or a wrong answer and ask questions, creating opportunities to learn it the idea 😊

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Alex Giddings (author)
Mar 12

@Mark Tomato Alley Is there a particular day of the week that you would prefer?

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Mark Tomato Alley
Mar 12

@Alex Giddings No, I do my training during breaks, to think about something else before getting back to work :)

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Mark Tomato Alley
Mar 12

I don't know why I thought there was already a challenge. I kind of thought at first that the image is a video 😂

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Alex Giddings (author)
Mar 12

@Mark Tomato Alley Well, if you're ready now, let's give it a go.

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