This course is an entry level course in music theory designed for the student with little or no previous musical experience. Familiarity with general computing, web navigating and e-mail is advised. The use of a printer is required for printing out some assignments. This course is a study of standard music notation and the basic building blocks of western music composition. Identify write and sing major, minor, augmented and diminished triads.
Sight Sing simple diatonic melodies.
Perform simple rhythms from standard written notation. Compose short musical compositions To accomplish these ends, a web environment has been created that allows students to hear musical examples while on-line. Each lecture will focus on the topic of the week and supplement the assigned reading in the Text. Weekly WWWorksheets will be assigned to test the student's understanding of the lecture material from that week. Weekly on-line quizzes will be given at the course Web site.