MUSA 100 Fundamentals of Music

Previously MUSC 100. Open to all interested students, this course is an introduction to the concepts of reading and writing music. It is intended for students with limited musical knowledge or background in music who wish to study music theory, or for the student who wishes to learn to read music. Primary concepts of note reading, rhythm, scales, key signatures and intervals will be studied along with fundamental keyboard skills, simple melodic and rhythmic dictation, and elementary sight-reading.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Define basic music terminology.
2. Identify notes on the treble and bass clef, including ledger line notes.
3. Count rhythmic notation of selected music using seven different note values in a steady tempo and with accuracy and compose and perform rhythmic phrases using different note values.
4. Read simple music on the staff and play it on a musical instrument in proper time.
5. Reflect upon and apply theories and concepts related to fundamentals of music through experiencing a live classical music performance.
6. Generate and address ideas about the diverse human experience through time as expressed in music through the process of creating a handmade percussion instrument out of ordinary everyday items.
7. Identify and organize information and humanistic ideas related to fundamentals of music.
8. Analyze and evaluate a musical composition that includes melody and harmony and follows a specific musical form.
9. Construct all fifteen major and minor (natural, harmonic, and melodic) scales using accidentals.
10. Identify intervals and triads by their quality: major, minor, perfect, augmented, or diminished.
11. Write the fifteen major and their relative minor key signatures and identify the key.

Course Objectives

1. Define basic music terminology.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
2. Identify notes on the treble and bass clef, including ledger line notes.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.
3. Count rhythmic notation of selected music using seven different note values in a steady tempo and with accuracy and compose and perform rhythmic phrases using different note values.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.
4. Read simple music on the staff and play it on a musical instrument in proper time.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Class performance, may be tied to Objective #6.
5. Reflect upon and apply theories and concepts related to fundamentals of music through experiencing a live classical music performance.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
6. Generate and address ideas about the diverse human experience through time as expressed in music through the process of creating a handmade percussion instrument out of ordinary everyday items.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Handmade instrument project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
7. Identify and organize information and humanistic ideas related to fundamentals of music.

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
8. Analyze and evaluate a musical composition that includes melody and harmony and follows a specific musical form.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Melody and harmony composing project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
9. Construct all fifteen major and minor (natural, harmonic, and melodic) scales using accidentals.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.
10. Identify intervals and triads by their quality: major, minor, perfect, augmented, or diminished.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.
11. Write the fifteen major and their relative minor key signatures and identify the key.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Quiz, or part of a quiz which tests more or other objectives.