Week | Day | Date | Topic/Assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs | Aug. 22 | Course Rationale, Organization, and Expectations. - Concepts of Sound Production, Historical Philosophies of Music and Rationale for Music Literacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tues. | Aug. 27 | The White Keys of the Piano Keyboard Kolosick - Chap. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Aug. 29 | Discuss homework exercises 7-9; In-class Ear Training | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Tues. | Sep. 3 | Musical Notation Chap. 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Sep. 5 | Discuss homework exercises, pp. 23-27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tues. | Sep. 10 | Rhythm and Simple Meter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Sep. 12 | Discuss homework pp. 41-43; and creative exercise, p. 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Tues. | Sep. 17 | The Major Mode, chap. 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Sep. 19 | Discuss homework pp. 57-60; creative exercise p. 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tues. | Sep. 24 | The Minor Mode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Sep. 26 | In-class transformation of canon on p. 54 to minor mode. Discuss homework, pp. 71-75. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Tues. | Oct. 1 | Intervals I. , chap. 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs. | Oct. 3 | Prepare for Midterm exam. Discuss homework pp. 80-90. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Tues. | Oct. 8 | Midterm Exam
| Thurs.
| Oct. 10
| Intervals II,chap.7 | 8
| Tues.
| Oct. 15
| Discuss homework pp. 101-103. In-class harmonization by thirds. |
| Thurs.
| Oct. 17
| Overview of Formal Structure; Compound and Asymmetrical
Meters, chap. 8 | 9
| Tues.
| Oct. 22
| Discuss homework, pp. 131-132 and creative work, p. 115. |
| Thurs.
| Oct. 24
| Triads, chap. 10 | 10
| Tues.
| Oct. 29
| Discuss homework, p. 143 ex. 2&3 and p.144 |
| Thurs.
| Oct. 31
| More work with Triads. Discuss homework exercises on p. 146. In-class creative exercises, p. 142. | 11
| Tues.
| Nov. 5
| Seventh Chords |
| Thurs.
| Nov. 7
| Discuss homework, p. 155-156 and creative exercise, p. 153. | 12
| Tues.
| Nov. 12
| Chord Function, chap. 12. In-class completion of
pp. 165-167 (first four lines each).
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| Thurs.
| Nov. 14
| Voice Leading and Accompaniment Patterns, chap. 13 and handouts | 13
| Tues.
| Nov. 19
| Discuss final compositions. In-class workshop. |
| Thurs.
| Nov. 21
| Composition sharing with discussion | 14
| Tues.
| Nov. 26
| Composition sharing with discussion |
| Thurs.
| Nov. 28
| Thanksgiving holiday - no class | 15
| Tues.
| Dec. 3
| Composition sharing with discussion |
| Thurs.
| Dec. 5
| Composition sharing with discussion | |
Work | Point Value | Discussion |
regular homework assignments | 100 points (10 points each) | Homework will discussed in class, not graded individually. Individual efforts will be recorded as completed, incomplete or not attempted. Each week's completed homework is worth ten points. |
midterm exam | 100 points | The exam will cover concepts learned in the first half of the semester. See guidelinesfor more details. |
final composition | 50 points | All class activity leads to this culminating assignment of creating an original composition. You'll be prepared for this. Even musical neophytes have ultimately found this assignment the most enjoyable part of the course. |
listening reviews | 50 points | You'll be asked to critique your classmates compositions in writing, noting what efforts worked well and offering advice for those that seemed less successful to you. All together these evaluations will be worth a total of 50 points toward s your final grade. You may augment this score by responding to invitations to bring in recordings pertinent to our weekly discussions. |
final exam | 100 points | The exam will be comprehensive. See guidelines for final for more details. |
Points Earned | Grade |
360-400 | A |
320-359 | B |
280-319 | C |
240-279 | D |
below 200 | E |