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Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 3 sessions / week, 1.5 - 2 hours a session. (104 sessions)
Course description: The course begins with a review of elements of pitch, elements of rhythm, and progresses to the introduction of scales, intervals, and tonality; notation of rhythm and meter, rudiments of harmony; and the concept of musical structure and form, taught from a sound to symbol approach. Sight-singing and ear training are pursued concurrently with keyboard and written theory. Musical materials to be studied will include selected multicultural folk music and art music examples. This is a performance-based class; in order to succeed in this class, students MUST sing and perform on instruments. The use of a broad range of individualized musical materials, active exploration, and personal discovery will lead the student to grasp the nature of the interactions and relationships that bring meaning to music.
Course Requirements:Several short compositions for solo instrument/voice or small chamber group, as assigned. Completion of one song for voice and piano. Completion of composing/producing music for a specific scene from a movie. Completion of one chamber music composition for the instrument(s) and piano or for three (or more) melodic instruments. Timely completion of assigned listening, reading, and score study; participation in discussion of the assigned works. Attendance in at least 90% of the classroom sessions is required. Performances or rehearsed readings of the student's exercises and compositions must be organized and accomplished by each student.
Topics to be covered:Basic Elements of Music The Basics of Rhythm& TempoIntroduction to PitchSimple, compound timesBasics of simple, compound time notationIrregular Time signaturesScales, Modes & MoodsBuilding Diatonic chords
Developing Production SkillsRhythm, melodies, words in musicBuilding MotifsIntervals and transpositionPhrasing, Cadences Using Chromatically altered chords, Jazz chords, Polyvalence
Song Writing skillsPurcellian writingWord paintingWriting for SATBContemporary WritingPart writing
Music historyPre-Bach Italy: The Birth of OperaFrance & England Pre-BachBaroque PeriodClassical PeriodTransition into the Romantic PeriodRomantic PeriodImpressionist MovementModernism - The age of Atonality
Writing for an EnsembleHarmonyPart writingModulationInstruments of an orchestraIdiomatic writing for instrumentsSymphony ( An overview)
Composing For Motion PictureSound and pictureInstrumental colors Musical texturesBuilding motifs Use of AtonalityScoring to the cutsMusic as the storytellerUnderscoringThe language of Film.
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