instructor

Mary Ann Joyce

office: Music Building, Room 106

office telephone: (914) 323-5440

email: joycem@mville.edu

office hours:    

• Wednesday 9:00-10:45,12:00 – 2:00

• Tuesday and Friday 10:45 – 12:00

course location and time

Music Building, Room 7

Wednesday, Friday 10:45–12:00  (Section 2)

prerequisites

Suggested prerequisite: An elementary reading knowledge of music.

course description

Manhattanville College Catalogue 2005–2007, page 86:

• “MUT 1035: Basic Music Theory I (3 cr.)

This course provides preparation in music theory for pre-professional students as well as other students. The course is designed for non-majors interested in acquiring basic skills in music reading, sight-reading, and ear-training. Compositional projects. Suggested: An elementary reading knowledge of music. (Fall)”

• “MUT 1036: Basic Music Theory II (3 cr.)

This is a continuation of Basic Music Theory I. Prerequisite: MUT 1035 or equivalent. (Spring)”

required text

Duckworth, William. 2007. A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals. 9^th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Schirmer. Interactive CD-ROM included. ISBN 0-495-09093-X.

course content

 Moveable tonic solfege

 Macrobeat, microbeat and subdivision, rhythm, meter conducting patterns

 Pitch:  notation, the keyboard

 Scales: pentatonic, major, minor, blues, modes

 Intervals, basic chords and inversions

 Basic formal units (motive, phrase) and macroforms

 Timbre/color, dynamics, tempo, duration, articulation

course activities

and assignments

• using movable tonic solfege and other systems for hearing, reading, and notating pitch

• completing reading and writing exercises from the text and from handouts

• practicing reading and writing exercises using the interactive CD-ROM

• taking rhythm and pitch dictation

• improvising and composing using basics

• weekly tests on facts, concepts, and skills

• midterm and final exams on facts, concepts, and skills