Syllabus for Fundamentals of Music (MUSI 1313 section 001) UT Dallas Fall 2011 Hours: 2. 30 3. 45 p.m. JO. 2. 504 Professor Contact Information Dr. Jamila Javadova-Spitzberg, DMA Arts and Humanities JO 5.712 Office Hours: By appointment only. Email: jxj093000@utdallas.edu Course Description and Goals: Fundamentals of Music is a 3-credit course designed for students without previous training in music theory. MUSI 1313-001 will focus on basic concepts and facets of music theory. Students will study a wide-range of music theory principles including: music notation, rhythm, harmony, aural skills, piano skills, intervals, harmony, music vocabulary, scales, chords and basic composition. MUSI 1313-001 is a comprehensive course. Throughout the course, students will learn the concepts of music theory and will be expected to use their understanding of the material to complete homework, exams, and in-class activities including singing. Fundamentals of Music resemble a beginning foreign-language class: You will learn the basics of reading music, some of its vocabulary (the pitch system; beats and rhythms, etc.), and like verb conjugations rules for building musical "sentences" like scales and chords. If you do not already play or read music, you should expect to study enough not just to memorize some terms and rules, but to begin to feel at home with the musical language. This course does not cover the history of music, overviews of musical masterpieces, or the lives of the great composers. Rather, this course will equip you with a working knowledge of music's grammar, an introduction to its construction, and some basic skills in picking out a tune from notation in developing analytical skills and opening doors to better understanding of the world's wealth of music. Required materials: T ext: Rudiments of Music (fourth edition) by Robert W. Ottman and Frank D. Mainous Other materials: Loose-leaf music manuscript paper. You will need it throughout the semester for class work, homework, and your own notes. Print it for free from the http://www.blanksheetmusic.net For quiz and test taking, (and recommended for class work and homework) you must use a pencil only. Bring two with a good eraser. For online Drills and Assignments www.uppervoices.com A stapler. There will be no paper-clipped or other form of attachment accepted for homework assignments.
Grading Policy: Course grades will be computed as follows: 98 100 = A+; 93 97 = A; 90 92 =A- 88 89 = B+; 83 87 = B; 80 82= B- 78 79 = C+; 73 77 = C; 70 72 =C- 68 69 = D+; 63 67 = D; 60 62 =D- Below 60 =F Class participation and attendance = 5% Quizzes (3 x 6.6 %) = 20% Home and in Class Assignments = 20% Keyboard audits & singing exercises = 10% Midterm Exam = 20% Final Exam = 25 % Make up & late work policy: Makeup tests will not be given except in cases of extreme and unavoidable circumstances approved by me in advance, except in documented emergencies. I drop the lowest test score of the semester. Class work can be reassigned if the student is absent, but it will be considered late. There will be a 10% reduction on late work. The final exam cannot be made up. Attendance policy: You must attend class to pass. Attendance is mandatory and roll is taken at each class. An absence or tardiness will only be excused if notification and reason is received by email prior to the class, except in cases of documented emergencies. Tardiness counts as a 1 2 absence. Leaving early from class counts as a 1 2 absence. Important dates to remember: Midterm Exam: Tues, October 18 Final Exam: Tues, 2. p.m. December 13 Thanksgiving Holiday: Thurs, Nov. 24 Fri, Nov 25 University reading Days: Wed & Thurs, Dec, 7 & 8 For UT Dallas Policies and Procedures use the following web site: http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus- policies 2
Assignment Schedule for Fall 2011 The Content of this Syllabus and Outline are Subject to Change! Rudiments of Music The Chapter numbers in each subject area: Pitch: 1 2 4 5 6 10 11 and 14 through 19 Time: 3 7 8 9 12 13 Harmony: 20 23 Week 1: Thursday August 25, 2011 Syllabus handout and Introduction to the course. Chapter 1: Pitch (The Staff. Musical Alphabet, Clefs Treble & Bass) Week 2: TR August 29 and September 1, 2011 Chapter 1: Pitch (Ledger Lines, Uses of Treble & Bass Clefs, Grand Staff) Chapter 2: Pitch - The Keyboard (Names of White Keys and Black Keys, Intervals, the Octave, Half Steps and Whole Steps, Accidentals, Enharmonic Spelling, Singing and Playing Exercises) Week 3: TR September 6 & 8, 2011 Chapter 4: Pitch continued (Chromatic & Diatonic Half Steps, Whole Steps) Chapter 3: Time (The Construction of Notes, beamed Notes, Note Values and Their relationship to each other, Notation of Rests) Week 4: TR September 13 & 15, 2011 Chapter 7: Time Continued (beats, tempo, Grouping of Beats, Bar lines and Measures) Chapter 8: Time Continued (Division of beats, Simple and Compound beat, Meter) Week 5: TR September 20 & 22, 2011 Chapter 9: Time Continued (Notation of the Simple Beat, Meter (Time) Signatures, Simple meter Signatures, Notation of the Compound beat, Compound meter Signatures QUIZ 1 Week 6: TR: September 27 & 29, 2011 Chapter 5: Major Scales (Scale Characteristics, The C Major Scale, Other Major Scales, Relationship Major Scales, Notation of The Fifteen Major Scales on the Staff, Spelling Major Scales Chapter 6: Names of the Scale Degrees 3
Week 7: TR October 4 & 6, 2011 Chapter 11: Major Key Signatures (Key, Key Signature, Key Signatures on the Staff, Circle of Fifth) Chapter 10: Major Scales (Playing Major Scales at the Keyboard, Singing Major Scales) Week 8: TR October 11 & 13, 2011 Chapter 14: Minor Scales (Accidentals Continued Double Sharp, Double Flat, and Natural Sign; Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minors, Notation of the Fifteen Minor Scales on the Staff, Each Scale in its Three Forms, Spelling of Minor Scales, Use of Minor Scales) Week 9: TR October 18 & 20, 2011 Midterm Exam is on the 18 th of October Chapter 16: Minor Key Signatures (Derivation of Key Signatures in Minor, Minor Key Signatures on the Staff, Circle of Fifth for Minor Keys) Week 10: TR October 25 & 27, 2011 Chapter 15: Minor Scales (Scale Degrees in Minor, Playing Minor Scales at the Keyboard, Singing minor Scales Chapter 17: Major and Minor Key Relationships Week 11: TR November 1 & 3, 2011 Chapter 18: Intervals: Major and Perfect (Interval, Naming the Interval, Major and Perfect Intervals in the Major Scale, Analysis of Major and Perfect Intervals in the Major Scale, Simple and Compound Intervals Chapter 19: Intervals Continued (Minor Intervals, Diminished Intervals, Modification of Intervals, Analyzing and Writing All Types of Intervals, Intervals in Inversion) QUIZ 2 Week 12: TR November 8 & 10, 2011 Chapter 12: Time Continued (Conductor s Beats, Rhythm, Anacrusis, Rhythmic Reading Chapter 13: Time Continued (beams in Notation, rests in Notation, Rhythmic Transcription, Rhythmic Dictation) Week 13: TR November 15 & 17, 2011 Chapter 20: Harmony I (Chords, the Triad, Types of Triads, the Major Triad, Inversion of Triads, Triad Position, Doubling, Dissonance, Consonance, Chords in Major Key) Week 14: TR November 22 & 24, 2011 Chapter 22: Harmony II: The Minor (Diminished and Augmented Triads) Thanksgiving Day is on the 24 th of November 4
Week 15: TR November 29 & December 1, 2011 Chapter 21: Keyboard Harmony I (Melody Harmonization, Playing the Chord Progression I V7 I, Procedure for Harmonization a Melody at the Keyboard, Playing Chord progressions Using I, IV, V7, Harmonizing Melodies in Minor keys, Playing Chord Progressions Using I, iv, V7 QUIZ 3 Week 16: TR December 6, 2011 Appendix C: The Medieval Modes and Other Scale Forms Appendix B: Octave registers, 8va, the C Clef and other Clef Uses, and repeat signs Appendix E: Foreign Words and Musical terms Final Exam: Tues, 2. p.m. December 13 5