MUSC 1116 - Music Theory I

1. Recite and analyze major and minor keys and key signatures.
2. Name the pitches used in music.
3. Recognize and write various musical symbols, i.e. clef signs, notation, dynamics, meter signatures, rhythms, etc.
4. Analyze music for its various parts, i.e. chords, intervals, cadences, rhythms.
5. Perform a given piece of music at a beginning level.
6. Compose music to be performed by others.
7. Understand the elements of music and how they are used.
8. Use the elements of music to create a composition.
9. Analyze given intervals visually.
10. Transpose music.
11. Recognize and write various musical symbols, chords, and their inversions.
12. Perform all major scales on the piano.
13. Be able to read and analyze figured bass symbols.
14. Be able to read and analyze popular chord symbols.
15. Analyze and define nonharmonic tones.
16. Analyze and define various cadences.
17. Understand the historical and cultural development of music through the ages.
18. Write music in the styles of the musical periods, i.e., Baroque, Classical.
19. Understand the Euro-centric cultural background of music and its nationalistic traits.
20. Critically analyze the use of melody, harmony, rhythm, and expression in musical works heard in classroom listening and in live or recorded performances as reported in oral or written assignments.
21. Demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the diverse ways that musical elements are used and combined in a variety of musical types and styles from instructor-directed listening and demonstration and recorded performances.

1. Sound
2. Notation
3. Scales
4. Tonality
5. Keys
6. Modes
7. Chords
8. Harmony
9. Cadences
10. Intervals
11. Transpositions
12. Nonharmonic tones
13. Melodic organization