Fundamentals of Music Theory

(Music 11)

Week 1 (6/26-6/30): Pitch and Rhythm

Pitch continuum: Traditional Western organization

Time continuum: Traditional Western organization

Beats and beat patterns

Measures and meter

Week 2 (7/3-7/7): Scales and Intervals

Tone-semitone patterns: Diatonicism

Scale degrees

Degree identity and degree progression (Solfeggio, do-re-mi)

Scale degree modification: Chromaticism

Interval categories and types

Tonality

Week 3 (7/10-7/14): Melody and its Organization

Motion and cadence

Repetition and modified repetition: Comprehensibility

Melodic form: Motive, phrase, period

Mid-term Examination

Week 4 (7/17-7/21): Chords

Triads and seventh chords

Chord tones and non-chord tones: Dissonance and consonance

Chordal bass: Inversion (“figured bass”)

Chord figuration: Accompaniment styles

Week 5 (7/24-7/28): Chord Progression

Root motion

Cadence

Cadence types

Week 6 (7/31-8/4): Analysis

Roman-numeral analysis

Functional analysis

Summary and Review

Final Examination