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Metropolitan Community College COURSE OUTLINE FORM COURSE TITLE: MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS I COURSE PREFIX AND NO. MUSC 1110 LEC 4.5 LAB 0 CREDIT HOURS 4.5 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Musical notation and the musical elements of pitch, melody, rhythm, harmony and form are taught for the student unacquainted with the language of music. COURSE PREREQUISITE (S): None RATIONALE: This course is a component of the Associate of Arts Degree and is also used as an elective in various program areas. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK (S) and/or MATERIALS: Title: Practical Theory Edition: First edition Author: Sandy Feldstein Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company Materials: None Attached course outline written by: Wayne Kallstrom Reviewed/Revised by: Effective quarter of course outline: Academic Dean Date: May, 1995 Date: 05/FA Date: Date: Course Objectives, Topical Unit Outlines, and Unit Objectives must be attached to this form. Please check Public Folders/Ed Services/Forms For the MOST CURRENT VERSION of this form ESO Revised 11-13-01 (Page 1 of 4) Metropolitan Community College COURSE OUTLINE FORM TITLE: Music Fundamentals I PREFIX/NO: MUS 1110 COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Introduce the Grand Staff, treble and bass clefs, as means of notating music. 2. Introduce notes and rests as measurements of time. 3. Study time signatures. 4. Study intervals as the measurement of distances between pitches. 5. Build major and minor scales from simple intervals. 6. Develop an understanding of key signatures. 7. Understand the difference between dynamics and tempo. 8. Develop triads and seventh chords from simple intervals 9. Construct inversions of triads and seventh chords. 10. Differentiate between major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads. 11. Harmonize a melody. 12. Study passing tones and neighboring tones 13. Create a melody. TOPICAL UNIT OUTLINE/UNIT OBJECTIVES: 1. Define the Grand Staff. A. Practice drawing the treble and bass clefs. B. Locate and name pitches in terms of the treble and bass clefs. C. Determine high and low pitches on the Grand Staff. 2. Differentiate between whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes. A. Define the relative length of each note in respect to the others. B. Add stems to notes on the staff. C. Discuss rests of equivalent value to the various notes. D. Determine the value of the dot following the note. Please check Public Folders/Ed Services/Forms For the MOST CURRENT VERSION of this form ESO Revised 11-13-01 (Page 2 of 4) Metropolitan Community College COURSE OUTLINE FORM TOPICAL UNIT OUTLINE/UNIT OBJECTIVES: (Cont’d) 3. Define time signatures. A. What do the top and bottom numbers signify? B. Explain accent as it relates to time signatures. C. Define barline, measure, and double barline. D. Differentiate between the tie and the slur. 4. Define interval. A. Distinguish between whole and half steps. B. Build whole and half steps on the Grand Staff. C. Define the octave as an interval composed of half steps. D. Locate whole and half steps at the piano. 5. Explain the meaning of the major scale. A. Construct major scales on the staff and at the piano with the standard pattern of whole and half steps. B. Distinguish between the three forms of the minor scale. C. Construct minor scales (three forms) on the staff and at the piano. 6. Describe a key signature. A. Define the creation of the key signature as part of the building of the scale. B. Discuss the addition of sharps or flats in the key signatures according to the circle of fifths. C. Practice writing key signatures on the staff. 7. Define the difference between dynamics and temp. A. Review the Italian terms, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff. B. Understand the meaning of largo, adagio, moderato, allegro, and presto as temp terms. C. Differentiate accelerando from ritardando. 8. Explain the term, chord. A. Define the major triad. B. Explain the relation between triads as related to a scale. C. Discuss chord progression. D. Differentiate between a triad and a seventh chord. E. Construct triads and seventh chords. 9. Explain the term, inversion. A. Construct inversions of triads and seventh chords on the staff and at the piano. B. Demonstrate how chord progression is altered by the use of seventh chords. 10. Discuss the difference between major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads. A. Discuss the different intervals required to create each of four triads. B. Construct the four types of triads on the staff and at the keyboard. C. Build inversions of each type of triad. Please check Public Folders/Ed Services/Forms For the MOST CURRENT VERSION of this form ESO Revised 11-13-01 (Page 3 of 4) Metropolitan Community College COURSE OUTLINE FORM TOPICAL UNIT OUTLINE/UNIT OBJECTIVES: (Cont’d) 11. Define harmonization. A. Determine the proper chords that accommodate each note of a given melody. B. Supply the correct chords below the notes of a melody and link the chords as smoothly as possible. 12. Define non-chord tones. A. Explain the difference in approach to and departure from the passing tone and the neighboring tone. B Illustrate the difference between the passing tone and the neighboring tone as related to chords on the staff. 13. Define melody. Please check Public Folders/Ed Services/Forms For the MOST CURRENT VERSION of this form ESO Revised 11-13-01 (Page 4 of 4) Metropolitan Community College COURSE OUTLINE FORM COURSE REQUIREMENTS/EVALUATION: Students will be evaluated on the basis of: A. Four (4) written exams B. Regular class attendance and participation COURSE OBJECTIVES/ASSESSMENT MEASURES COURSE OBJECTIVES ASSESSMENT MEASURES 1. Introduce Grand Staff with treble and bass clefs. 1. Practice creating Grand Staff with treble and bass clefs placed correctly. 2. Practice creating notes with note heads centered on the correct line or space and stems positioned correctly. 3. Explain the meaning of the time signature and the significance of the top and bottom numbers. 4. Practice creating intervals of various sizes on the staff and at the piano. 5. Build major and minor scales. 6. Derive various key signatures from the major and minor scales. 7. Use your speaking voice to illustrate different dynamic levels and the tapping of your hand to differentiate different tempos. 8. Build triads and seventh chords on the staff and at the piano. 9. Invert triads and seventh chords constructed. 10. Practice building the four types of triads labeling the different intervals. 11. Determine the correct chords for harmonizing the notes of a given melody. 12. Analyze given music for passing tones and neighboring tones. 13. Write your own melody, incorporating all musical elements discussed. 2. Introduce notes and rests. 3. Define the time signature. 4. Introduce intervals. 5. Describe the major and minor scales. 6. Develop an understanding of signatures. 7. Define dynamics and tempo. 8. Introduce triads and seventh chords. 9. Discuss inversions of triads and seventh chords. 10. Differentiate between major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads. 11. Discuss harmonizing a melody. 12. Introduce passing tones. 13. Create a melody. Please check Public Folders/Ed Services/Forms For the MOST CURRENT VERSION of this form ESO Revised 11-13-01 (Page 5 of 4)