This class will start with the fundamentals of western music .
- Day 1--Introduction and Fundamentals of Music Notation: Pitch and rhythm notation on a staff, notes and rests, clefs
- Day 2--Scales and Modes: Major scales and key signatures, modes of the major scale
- Day 3--Fundamentals of Music and Expressive Notation: Tempo markings and BPM, polyrhythm and syncopation dynamics, minor scales, minor key signatures
- Day 4--Introduction to Harmony and Melody: Pitch intervals, melodic contour (steps vs. leaps), key relationships, harmonic textures (monophony, homophony, heterophony, etc.). Melodic dictation practice
- Day 5--Triadic Chords: Qualities of diatonic chords in major and minor keys, inversions of triadic chords. Sight singing practice
- Day 6--Seventh Chords: Qualities of seventh chords, labeling seventh chord inversions. Sight singing practice for second half of class if needed
- Day 7--Intro to Counterpoint: Conventions of voice leading, two-part counterpoint
- Day 8--Functional Harmony: Standard chord progressions in tonal music, cadences and types of cadence.