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September 8, 2006
Music Theory I Syllabus
Greetings to all new theory students! Below you'll find the syllabus for MUS 211 for Fall 2006.
MUS 211: MUSIC THEORY
FALL 2006 10-11 MWF
INSTRUCTOR Tom Bergeron
SH 124; 838-8802; berge@wou.edu
Office hours will be posted on my door
BLOG http://www.wou.edu/~berge/blogs/
TEXTS Marvin & Clendinning: Musician’s Guide to Theory & Analysis
Chuck Sher, Ed: The Standards Real Book. Sher Publications
MATERIALS blank manuscript paper (looseleaf or pad preferred)
Recommended: 0.7 or 0.9 mm pencil with eraser
Set of colored pencils for analysis
COURSE OVERVIEW
Introduction to the elements of musical composition and common-practice Tonality. Some previous music experience recommended. This is the first term of a sequence required for music majors and minors.
COURSE CONTENT
chromatic scale
keyboard layout
pitch circle
octave nomenclature
grand staff
notation
cardinal intervals
major scales
key signatures
minor scales – natural, harmonic, melodic
relative & parallel minor keys and scales
ordinal intervals
rhythmic notation and meter
triads
chord inversion
seventh chords
diatonic chord progression
functional analysis
secondary chord functions – dominant, leading-tone, tritone substitution
melodic analysis
song form
COURSE GOALS
Students will learn fundamental concepts of music notation
Students will be understand, analyze and apply basic printicples of Tonality
Students will write a song in the style of “Tin Pan Alley� composers
GRADING % (approximate)
Projects 1 & 2 (12% each) 24
Final Project 24
Quizzes (8% each) 16
Midterm Exam 12
Final Exam (Wed 7 Dec 10-12 am) 24
NOTE
Projects are due at 10 am on the announced due date. Late projects will earn a maximum grade of 80%.
WEEK 1
•Monday
Introduction to music theory
Review the syllabus
12-tone equal temperament & the chromatic scale
•Wednesday
The piano keyboard and the pitch circle
Grand staff notation
Pitch intervals: i-value (cardinal nomenclature)
•Friday
Pitch intervals continued
WEEK 2
•Monday
Quiz: Pitch intervals using cardinal nomenclature
The major scale
•Wednesday
Key signatures
•Friday
Pitch intervals: size and quality (ordinal nomenclature)
WEEK 3
•Monday
Pitch intervals continued
•Wednesday
Minor scales and key signatures
•Friday
Quiz: Pitch intervals using ordinal nomenclature
Minor scales & keys continued
WEEK 4
•Monday
Review
•Wednesday
Triads
•Friday
Seventh Chords
WEEK 5
•Monday
Chords continued
•Wednesday
Midterm Review
•Friday
Midterm Exam: Intervals, Scales, Keys, Triads, Seventh Chords
WEEK 6
Begin Project 1
WEEK 7
•Wednesday
Project 1 Due
WEEK 8
•Friday
Project 2 Due
WEEK 9
Final Project
WEEK 10
Final Project & Review
EXAM WEEK
Final Exam for this class is 10-12 am Wednesday 6 December.
Final Project Due at this time!
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