MUS 102 - Music Fundamentals

1. Generate an understanding of the system of pitch notation in Western music
   1. Interpret the musical staff
   2. Compare clefs
   3. Identify pitches notated in bass and treble clef
   4. Identify specific pitches by octave number
   5. Write pitches on a musical staff
2. Distinguish intervallic relationships
   1. Determine distance between pitches in terms of size
   2. Classify intervals by quality
   3. Identify interval size in the context of a melody
   4. State interval quality in the context of a melody
3. Classify the notation of rhythm
   1. Explain simple meter
   2. Identify compound meter
   3. Compare relationship of notated rhythmic values
   4. Notate rhythms in all meters
4. Break down key signature
   1. Notate all major and minor scales
   2. Explain the relationship between major and minor scales
   3. Identify 3 types of minor scales
   4. Write key signatures
   5. Apply knowledge of key signatures
5. Construct chords.
   1. Notate examples of the four sonorities of triads
   2. Construct seventh chords
   3. Identify inversions of chords
   4. Analyze triads in context
6. Compare elements of organization in a composition
   1. Identify cadences
   2. Observe repetition and contrast in phrase organization
   3. Analyze phrases and cadences in context
7. Integrate listening skills
   1. Identify scale types aurally
   2. Identify intervals aurally
   3. Classify triad qualities aurally
8. Perform foundational music skills
   1. Practice scales at the piano
   2. Practice triads and arpeggios at the piano
   3. Sing basic melodies in solfegge syllables
   4. Perform notated rhythms in a variety of meters
9. Compose a melody with accompaniment
   1. Discuss characteristics of a good melody
   2. Analyze Basic Harmonic Progression chord progressions
   3. Design a harmonization for a melody
   4. Perform melody and accompaniment together