This course introduces students to musicianship, theory, musical materials and theoretical procedures. The course is designed to provide students with the major components common to a first-year course in a college music program. The course integrates aspects of melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, musical analysis, elementary composition, history, and style. Musicianship skills, such as dictation and…

This course is a continuation of the study begun in Music Theory I. In this course, students review scales, chords and key signatures. New material introduces harmonic progressions, melody writing and musical form. This work prepares students to compose their own works. This class is a technology-based course that uses an interactive computer software program…

This entry-level course is open to students enrolled in a music ensemble. This course provides instruction in basic music theory, which is the academic aspect of the art of music. Students develop the skills necessary to understand and translate the language of music. The course includes study of basic music elements such as the staff,…