Music
105 An Introduction to Music Fundamentals
Class Hours: Wed (2:00-5:00pm)
Room: BC-68
Email: gpritchard@cerritos.edu
Office Hours: Music Department
Office: Music Department
Course
Description
This
course provides basic understanding in music for those with little or no
formal background. Emphasis is
placed on learning how to read musical notation.
Required
Text
100 Points Possible
First Exam - 10 pts
Second Exam – 20 pts
Final – 25
Assignments – 25pts/5pts per assignment (Assignment due dates are announced in class)
Weekly Lab Attendance - 20pts. (One hour per week, collected at the end of the semester.)
Extra Credit - 5 points for perfect attendance
Midterm
This
will include material from the first nine weeks of class.
Final
You
will be tested only on material after the midterm.
Although the final is not cumulative, the introductory information you
receive in the first part of the course will help you in the last part.
Assignments
Assignments are to help both of us. From your responses, I can see if you need more attention in particular areas. From the questions, you can see what you should know from lecture, reading, and listening.
Schedule
Week 1 - 2: Rhythm and Meter
What is music?
Sound and Silence (offs and ons, 1's and 0's)
Beat - Rhythm
Notation: Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighths
Ties and Dots
Compound Division
Accent
Simple Meter
Upbeat
Triplets
Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 - Week 1
Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 - Week 2
Week
3 and 4:
Review of Rhythm and Tempo
Meter: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
COUNTING ACTIVITIES
Middle C
Octave
Staff
Treble/bass Clef
Ledger Lines
Grand Staff
Slur
Reading
Assignment: Chapter 2 - Week 3
Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff
Pitch Notation - Staff: Lines and Spaces
Treble Clef: "egbdf" and "face"
Bass Clef: "gbdfa" and "aceg"
Melody
Week 4: Accidentals
Reading Pitches (Accidentals and Enharmonic Pitches): Sharps, Flats, Double Sharp, Double Flat, Natural
Reading a Musical Map (Examining Scores): Time and Key Signature; Repeat Dots and First and Second Ending; Fermata; Signs (DC/DS/CODA)
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5
Week 5 (First Examination: FEB 12th)
Week 6: Intervals
Diatonic Half Steps (Adjacent Letter Names) and Chromatic Half Steps (Same Letter Name)
Melodic and Harmonic Intervals
Interval Size and Quality: Unison/Octave; Major/Minor; Perfect/Augmented/Diminished
Compound Intervals: 9ths, 10ths, 11ths, 13ths
Harmonic Inversion of Intervals: P5/P4; M6/m2; A4/d5 etc...
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7
Week
7: Scales
Begin Scales
Reading Assignment: Chapter 6
Week
8:
Playing Exercises
Review
Week 9: Second Exam: MARCH 12
Week 10: Beginning Harmony
Scales: Major
(Numbering and Naming Scale Degrees)
Ear Training Exercise: Hearing 6 notes of a major scale
Circle of 5ths
Major Signatures
Week
11:
Minor Key Signatures
Minor Scales: Natural, Harmonic, Melodic
Chords: Triads (Major, Minor, Diminished, Augmented)
Voicing Triads: Open/Close Positions
Reading Assignment: Chapter 8
Week
12: Chords
Review Chords
Triads and Scale Degrees: Major and Minor
Inversions of Triads: Root Position, 1st Inversion, 2nd Inversion
Pitch Name Identification: C, Cm/C-, C+, Co
Reading Assignment: Chapter 9
Week 13: More on Chords
9th, 11th, 13th
Dominant Scale Degree: Dominant Seventh Chord
Week 14: Harmonic System
Tonality
Tendency Tones
Relationship of Dominant/Tonic
Roman Numeral Analysis Major and Minor: (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, viio) (i, iio, III or III+, iv, V, VI, viio)
Review Pitch Name Identification and Roman Numeral Analysis
Cadences: Authentic, Plagal, Half, Deceptive
Chord Progressions: Two-Chord (I-V) Three-Chord (I-IV-V)
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10
Week 15:
Reading Assignment: Chapter 11
Week 16:
Chord Analysis
Week 17 and 18:
Harmonic Analysis
Review
FINAL SCHEDULES ARE FOUND IN THE BACK OF YOUR SCHEDULE OF CLASSES