MUS-106 Music Theory I
An introductory course designed for the general student and for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording. Students learn the fundamentals of harmony, music reading, part-writing in root position, simple chorale analysis, keyboard skills, and sight singing. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit.
Prerequisite
A score of 13 or high on the Theory Placement Exam or
MUS-105
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Course Outline
Department
Visual and Performing Arts
Course Description
An introductory course designed for the general student and for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording. Students learn the fundamentals of harmony, music reading, part-writing in root position, simple chorale analysis, keyboard skills, and sight singing. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit.
Credit Hours
3Prerequisites
A score of 13 or high on the Theory Placement Exam or MUS-105
SUNY General Education Course
Course Learning Outcomes
- Write fundamentals of music nomenclature (eg. melody, rhythm, harmony).
- Complete basic part writing examples with root position triads.
- Analyze the nuance and complexity of harmony and melody in simple excerpts from music literature.
Topic Outline
- 1. Basic music nomenclature and principles of melodic and rhythmic notation
- 2. Rhythm and meter
- 3. Key signatures and key relations (e.g., the circle of fifths)
- 4. Construction and identification of major and minor scales, intervals, triads, and 7th chords (root position and inversions)
- 5. Principles of voice leading and part writing with triads in root position
- 6. Analysis of simple excerpts from music literature