| Course ID: | MUSI 1100. 2 hours. |
| Course Title: | Music Theory I |
Course
Description: | Music fundamentals and the beginning of diatonic harmony,
part-writing, and analysis. |
| Oasis Title: | Music Theory I |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
| Corequisite: | MUSI 1110 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon completion of this course, the successful student will be able to:
1. Write all major and minor scales, key signatures, and triads from within keys,
2. Write short diatonic harmonizations of given melodies using root position chords,
3. Compose diatonic melody using symmetrical phrase sturcture,
4. Analyze simple musical excerpts using roman numerals and appropriate non-harmonic
tone designation. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Fundamentals of Music (scales, keys, triads, chords)
2. Elementary part-writing and voice-leading
3. Composition of music in small forms for a single melodic line
4. Simple analysis of diatonic musical excerpts |
| Honor Code Reference: | Academic honesty is taken very seriously. Assigned
homework, quizzes and exams must be the work of each
student alone. Any cases involving conduct of an
inappropriate nature will be handled by Student Judiciary. |