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*Oct 29 – last day to withdraw with W, change to or from audit, or instructor withdrawal
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All exams except for the Final will take place from 6:45 to 7:30. The Final Exam will begin at
6:30 and students may use as much of the posted class time as required.
Aug 30: Grand staff review. Homework review. Basics of rhythmic notation: head, stem,
beam, rests, dots and ties. Homework: Read Chapter 2 and Interlude 1. Do all previously
uncompleted assignments in Chapter 1 and all assignments in Chapter 2.
Sep 13: Notational review. Homework review. Discussion on singing. Name that note—
pitch reading races. Keyboard practice. Homework: Read Chapter 3. Do assignment 3.1,
Quick Check 1 (pg 49).
Sep 20: Review. EXAM. Time signatures. Homework review. Simple meter.
Homework: Do all previously uncompleted assignments in Chapter 3. Read Chapter 4.
Sep 27: Homework review. Simple meter review; introduction to compound meter.
Homework: Do assignments 4.1a, 4.1b, 4.2a. Read Chapter 5.
Oct 18: Review. EXAM. Homework review. Major scales; circle of fifths. Homework:
Do all previously uncompleted assignments in Chapter 5. Read Chapter 6. Do assignment
6.1a.
Oct 25: Homework review. Major scales redux. Ear training; keyboard practice.
Homework: Do all previously uncompleted assignments in Chapter 6. Read Chapter 7.
Do assignment 7.1.
Nov 1: Review. EXAM. Minor scales; relative and parallel scales. Ear training.
Homework: Bring one URL to class of any piece of music of your choice and try to
determine if it is in a major or a minor key. Do all previously uncompleted assignments
in Chapter 7. Read Chapter 8.
Nov 8: Review. Scales, scales, and more scales. Intervals. Ear training; keyboard
practice. Homework: Do assignment 8.1a
Nov 15: Review. EXAM. Intervals—examples from the literature. Ear training; keyboard
practice. Homework: Do assignments 8.1b, 8.2a and 8.2b.
Nov 22: More on intervals; enharmonic spelling. Ear training; keyboard practice.
Homework: Do all previously uncompleted assignments in Chapter 8.