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Course #: Music 111 Section 002
Location: 135 LH
Schedule: M-W-F 9-9:50
Class Site: www.web.pdx.edu/~jnewton/mus111.html
Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PSUTheory002
Yahoo Email: PSUTheory002@yahoogroups.com
Instructor: Jon Newton
Phone: 503-725-3110 (On campus, dial ext. 5-3110)
email: jnewton@pdx.edu
Office: LH 200
Office Hours: M 1-3, F 10-12
Required Texts: Tonal Harmony, and Workbook for Total Harmony by Stefan Kostka and Dorothy Payne ©2004 by McGraw Hill. Book's website is here.
Course Description: Provides a thorough ground-work in the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements of music with written exercises and analysis based on the styles of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and other 17th and 18th century composers. Registration in the appropriate Sight-Singing/Ear Training course is required. An entrance placement examination will be given. Basic Keyboard Skills is recommended for music majors and minors.
Materials and Resources: Students should provide pencils/pens, 3-ring binder, notebook, and manuscript paper. An email account and Internet access are strongly recommended. The Midi Lab (LH209) is available to Music Theory students and a tutorial on Finale, Sibelius, Practica Musica, or other educational software may be arranged.
Course Content and Grading: Attendance is critical, and will be taken but not graded. 25% of grade will be based on each of three tests, two during the term and a final. Make up exams will only be given in the case of excused absence and advance notification. The additional 25% will be based on 7-10 assignments. Assignments turned in late will be given no points, but two assignments may be missed without penalty.
Special Considerations: Students with documented disabilities will be accommodated. Please discuss with instructor during the first week of the term.
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Class Sessions
Week 1
•Session 1
Monday, September 29, 2003
Introduction, Pre-Test
Reading: None
Do: None
Assignment: None
•Session 2
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Discuss Syllabus
Note names, staves, clefs
Reading: Kostka, Chapter 1, pp. 3-5
Do: Self-test 1-1 on p. 5
Assignment: None
•Session 3
Friday, October 3, 2003
The Major Scale
Major Key Signatures
Note names, staves, clefs
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 1, pp. 6-14
Do: Self-Test 1-2, pp. 10-11
Assignment 1: Workbook Assignment 1-1, Due Monday, October 6
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Week 2
•Session 4
Monday, October 6, 2003 (Assignment 1 due today)
Circle of Fifths
Major Key Signatures
Minor Scales
Minor Key Signatures
Scale Degree Names
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 1, pp. 16-18
Do: Self-Test 1-3, pp. 15-16
Assignment: none
•Session 5
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Scale Degree Names
Intervals
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 1, pp. 18-20
Do: Self-Test 1-4, p 18
Assignment 2: Workbook Assignments 1-2 and 1-3, Due Friday, October 10
•Session 6
Friday, October 10, 2003 (Assignment 2 due today)
Intervals:
•Augmented and Diminished
•Inversion
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 1, pp. 20-22
Do: Self-Test 1-5, p 20 and 1-6 p 22
Assignment: none
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Week 3
•Session 7
Monday, October 12, 2003
Review:
•Minor Scales
Intervals:
•Consonance and Dissonance
Rhythm:
•Durational Symbols
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 1/2, pp. 23-30
Do: Self-Test 2-1, p. 27 and 2-2, p 29
Assignment 3: Workbook Assignments 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 Due Friday, October 16
•Session 8
Wednesday, October 14, 2003
Division of the Beat
Simple Time Signatures
Reading for next class:
Do: Self-Test 2-3, p 29 and 2-4 p 33
Assignment: See Session 7
•Session 9
Friday, October 17, 2003 (Assignment 2 due today)
Duration Notation Conventions
•Beams
•Rests
•Stems
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 2, pp. 39-42
Do: Self-Test 3-1, 3-2
Assignment: none
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Week 4
•Session 10
Monday, October 20, 2003
Review: Chapter 1
Reading for next class: None
Do: None
Assignment 4: Workbook Assignments 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4 Due Friday, October 24
•Session 11
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Mid-Term 1: Chapter 1
Reading for next class: Review page 10, 13 (Circle of 5th's)
Do: None
Assignment: See Session 10
•Session 12
Friday, October 24, 2003 (Assignment 4 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Rhythm Review
Circle of 5ths
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 3, pp 44-45
Do: Self-Test None
Assignment: None
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Week 5
•Session 13
Monday, October 27, 2003
Review Assignment 4: Rests
Triads
Seventh Chords
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 3, pp 45-47
Do: Self-Test 3-3 (A)
Assignment 5: Workbook Assignments 3-1, 3-2 Due Friday, October 31
•Session 14
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Seventh Chords
Inversions of Chords
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 3, pp 47-48
Do: Self-Test 3-3 (B, C)
Assignment: Assignment 5 Due Friday, October 31
•Session 15
Friday, October 31, 2003 (Assignment 5 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Figured Bass
Lead Sheet Symbols
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 3, pp 50-51
Do: Self-Test 3-4 (A)
Assignment: None
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Week 6
•Session 16
Monday, November 3, 2003
Recognizing Chords
Review Figured Bass
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 4, pp 57-61
Do: Self-Test 3-4 (B) , 4-1
Assignment 6: Workbook Assignments 3-3, 3-4 Due Friday, November 7
•Session 17
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Diatonic Triads in Major
The Minor Scale
Diatonic Triads in Minor
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 4, pp 64-65
Do: Self-Test 4-2
Assignment: Assignment 6 Due Friday, November 7
•Session 18
Friday, November 7, 2003 (Assignment 6 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Diatonic Seventh Chords in Major
Diatonic Seventh Chords in Minor
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 5, pp 71-72
Do: Self-Test 5-1
Assignment: None
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Week 7
•Session 19
Monday, November 10, 2003
Review Chapters 2 & 3
Reading for next class: Kostka, Review Chapters 2 & 3
Do: None
Assignment 7: Workbook Assignments 4-1, 4-2 Due Friday, November 14
•Session 20
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Mid-Term 2
Reading for next class: None
Do: None
Assignment: Assignment 7 Due Friday, November 14
•Session 21
Friday, November 14, 2003 (Assignment 7 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Review Mid-Term
The Melodic Line
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 5, pp 73-76
Do: None
Assignment: None
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Week 8
•Session 22
Monday, November 17, 2003
Review Ex 4-1-, 4-2, Mid-Term 2
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 5, pp. 73-76
Do: Self-Test 5-2
Assignment 8: Workbook Assignments Ex. 5-1, 5-2 Due Friday, November 21
•Session 23
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Notating Chords
Voicing a Single Triad
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 5, pp. 78-82
Do: Self-Test 5-3
Assignment: Assignment 8 Due Friday, November 21
•Session 24
Friday, November 21, 2003 (Assignment 8 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Parallel Motion
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 6, pp. 85-87
Do: Self-Test 6-1
Assignment: None
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Week 9
•Session 25
Monday, November 24, 2003
Parallels continued
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 6, pp 87-89
Do: Self-Test 6-2
Assignment 9: Workbook Assignments 5-3
•Session 26
Wednesday, November 26, 2003 (Assignment 9 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon)
Root Position Part Writing
Reading for next class: Kostka, Chapter 6, pp 90-92
Do: Self-Test 6-3
Assignment: None
•Session 27
Friday, November 28, 2003
NO CLASS--HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!
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Week 10
•Session 28
Monday, December 1, 2003
Root Position Part Writing
Reading for next class: None
Do: None
Assignment: Workbook Assignments 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 Due Friday, December 5
•Session 29
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Root Position Part Writing
Reading for next class: None
Do: None
Assignment: Assignment 10 Due Friday, December 5
•Session 30
Friday, December 5, 2003 (Assignment 10 due today--may be put in my box in LH 231 by 12 noon. This assignment will be returned at the Final Exam)
Revie Chapters 4 & 5 for Mid-Term 3 (Final exam)
Reading for next class: Review Chapters 4 & 5
Do: Prepare for Mid-Term 3
Assignment: Have a great break!
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Final Exam
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Time: 8:00 to 9:30 AM
Subjects covered: Kostka, Chapter 4 & 5
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Links
Textbook Website
Ear Training
Voice Leading
Resources
Midi Lab, LH 209 is available to Music Theory Students. For information on using the Midi Lab, click here.
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