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MUS 128 - Music Theory and Analysis 1


Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Co-requisites: MUS 137  recommended

Description
This is an introductory course designed to develop students’ written music theory skills. It covers music notation, scales, keys, intervals, triads, rhythm and meter. Coursework includes application of these concepts through analysis of music repertoire.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Identify the musical symbols used to indicate pitch in the treble and bass clefs.
  2. Identify the musical symbols used to indicate rhythmic patterns in simple meters.
  3. Write scales, key signatures, intervals and triads in treble and bass clefs.
  4. Compose rhythms in simple meters.
  5. Analyze the melodic structure of musical phrases.
Listed Topics
  1. Treble and bass clefs
  2. Scales, keys and intervals
  3. Triads
  4. Rhythm
  5. Simple meters
  6. Melodic analysis
Reference Materials
Textbook, CDs, sheet music, internet
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Bullock, Quintin Date Approved: 12/15/2014


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