Mar 29, 2024  
Course/Program Inventory 
    
Course/Program Inventory

MUS 1057 - Music Theory I



Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: MUS 1002 (Fundamentals of Music Theory) or satisfactory score on the theory placement exam

Corequisites: MUS 1058

Course Description:
This course focuses on fundamentals of pitch and rhythmic notation, scales, intervals, diatonic, triads, and seventh chords in major and minor keys; as well as, principles of voice leading and harmonic progressions, Roman numeral and lead sheet notation.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able:

  1. To recognize components of sound and its properties
  2. To write in a universal notation system
  3. To recognize music as an art form in Western culture.
  4. To identify basic components major and minor tonalities and their patterns.
  5. To demonstrate basic keyboard skills in development of scales
  6. To demonstrate the knowledge of basic beat and rhythmic patterns in music.