The areas of musical tone and its characteristics, the notation of pitch and its organization in scales, keys, and intervals, and combinations of duration and pitch culminating in melody and harmony will be studied. These fundamentals will be translated into skills as a study of basic vocal technique, sight singing and conducting are explored. Consent of instructor. Study of music theory and its relationship to historical evolution of music. Includes diatonic chords, non-harmonic tones, harmonizing of figured bass and melodies, simple modulation, and introduction to chromatic harmony.
Materials used include theory textbooks and standard music literature.
Aural and vocal recognition of music materials Includes sight-singing, rhythmic, melodic and harmonic dictation. Course includes harmonization skills at the keyboard. Historical overview of evolution of music. May be taken twice for credit. Meets one time per week.