2018-2019 Catalog 
    
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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUSI 1303 - Fundamentals of Music


3 Credits (3 hrs. lec.) Introduction to the basic elements of music theory, including scales, intervals, keys, triads, elementary ear training, notation, meter, and rhythm.  Course does not apply to a music major degree. (5009045526) Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing
Course Outcomes
1. Construct all major and minor scales and key signatures.
2. Construct simple and compound intervals, triads and seventh chords of any quality.
3.Identify and perform basic rhythmic and pitch patterns common in tonal music, and properly notate basic rhythms in simple or compound meters.
4. Identify fundamental musical elements aurally and/or on the keyboard.
5. Use appropriate musical vocabulary to describe theoretical concepts