MUS 111 Music Theory 1

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 3

Introduces Western European music practices, including fundamentals of music notation, terminology, analysis, sight-singing, and listening. Covers clefs, intervals, scales, modes, circle of fifths, triads and more. Emphasizes terminology and basic musical concepts.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Understand and be able to identify staffs, clefs, and meter.
Recognize and write out all of the major and minor scales.
Recognize and write out all of the modes.
Recognize and use Solfege syllables and Curwen Hand Signs.
Recognize and identify various meters.
Identify and build any interval within an octave

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Pitch
- Staffs and Clefs
- Scales and modes
- Key signatures and the circle of fifths
- Solfege and Curwen (hand signs)
Rhythm
- Time signatures
- Meter
  - Simple and compound
  - Duple and triple
  - Asymmetrical
Intervals
- Major
- Minor
- Augmented
- Diminished
- Inversions