MUSC070 - Intro Theory&Muscianshp

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
3
Title (text only)
Intro Theory&Muscianshp
Term
2022A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
MUSC
Section number only
003
Section ID
MUSC070003
Course number integer
70
Registration notes
Permission Needed From Instructor
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-01:30 PM
Meeting location
BENN 407
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Susanna Payne-Passmore
Description
This course will cover basic skills and vocabulary for reading, hearing, performing, analyzing, and writing music. Students will gain command of musical rudiments, including notation, reading and writing in treble and bass clefs, intervals, keys, scales, triads and seventh chords, and competence in basic melodic and formal analysis. The course will include an overview of basic diatonic harmony, introduction to harmonic function and tonicization. Musicianship skills will include interval and chord recognition, rhythmic and melodic dictation and familiarity with the keyboard. There will be in-depth study of selected compositions from the "common practice" Western tradition, including classical, jazz, blues and other popular examples. Listening skills--both with scores (including lead sheets, figured bass and standard notation), and without--will be emphasized. There is no prerequisite. Fulfills College Formal Reasoning and Analysis Foundational Requirement.
Course number only
070
Fulfills
Formal Reasoning Course
Use local description
No