Download the syllabus HERE.
- REMINDER: all assignments are due at the beginning of each class session.
Theory Resources:
teoria.com: tutorials and online exercises (particularly useful for first-semester students in the areas of interval and chord identification).
Blank sheet music: print your blank staff paper here.
Updated Course and Assignment Schedule:
Week 1:
Mon: Introduction: intervals and notation. For additional resources, download Dr. Oravitz’s guide to pitches and intervals HERE.
Wed:
more intervals. homework due friday.
Fri:
Ch. B. rhythm and meter.
Week 2:
Mon:
scales, keys, transpositions. homework due wed, pg. 11-12.
Wed:
review of Ch. A-C.
Fri:
Review of Ch. A-C.
Week 3:
Mon:
NO CLASS.
Wed:
QUIZ 1. Ch. D.
Fri:
Week 4:
Mon: counterpoint.
Wed: counterpoint. download Dr. Oravitz’s counterpoint guidelines HERE.
Fri: counterpoint and roman numeral analysis. download the homework assignment HERE.
Week 5:
Mon: second species counterpoint. Download the Counterpoint Correction Symbols HERE. hwk pg. 32. a and b.
Wed: second species. more roman numeral analysis.
Fri: review for the exam!
Week 6:
Mon: EXAM 1.
Wed: begin ch. 1 connection of chords.
Fri: no class. Download your assignment and powerpoint HERE.
Week 7:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 8:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 9:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 10:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri: download ch. 14 notes and homework HERE.
Week 11:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 12:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 13:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 14:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 15:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Week 16:
Mon:
Wed:
Fri:
Final exam: DOWNLOAD THE FINAL EXAM REVIEW HERE.
