MUSIC
THEORY
College
of the Redwoods offers three one-semester, three-unit courses
in music theory.
Introduction
to Music (Music 1) is for students with little or no background
in music. Emphasizing recorder playing, clapping exercises, and
some basic keyboard instruction, students learn rhythm and pitch
notation and become familiar with chromatic, whole tone, major,
and minor scales, as well as the circle of fifths, keys, and key
signatures.
Beginning
Harmony and Musicianship (Music 2) is equivalent to
the first-semester music theory course for music majors offered
in four-year programs. Students, who are expected to have
mastered the concepts taught in Music 1, learn intervals,
triads, four-part writing, primary triads in root position,
the inversions of primary triads, and roman numeral analysis.
Sight-singing is emphasized throughout the semester. Fall
semester only.
Intermediate
Harmony and Musicianship (Music 3) is equivalent to the second-semester
music theory course for music majors offered in four-year programs.
Topics covered include secondary triads, non-harmonic tones, seventh
chords, secondary dominants, and harmonizing melodies. Students
continue to work on sight-singing and roman numeral analysis.
Spring semester only.
*Both Music
1 and Music 2 meet the general education requirements in Humanities
for an A.A. or A.S. degree.
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for the most recent syllabus for each class listed above:
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Music 1
(Byrd)
Music 1 (Macan)
Music 2
Music 3 |
