Course
Syllabus: Music 100, Introduction to Music Foundations
Room 305;
3 Units
Office: 305-D
Tel.: (Office) (760)
355-6205
Email:
van.decker@imperial.edu
(Please use “IVC Mus 100”
as the Subject of your email.)
Office Hours:
Required Texts:
Two (2), plus three (3) class handouts
1.
Feldstein, Sandy. Practical
Theory Complete. Alfred
Publishing.
2.
Trophy Music. Classroom
Flutophone Method. Trophy Music.
3.
Sol-fa/Scale Number Sheet. Provided in class. Additional free copy
at::
http://faculty.imperial.cc.ca.us/users/music/Solfeggio.htm
4. I.V.C. Alma Mater. Provided in class.
Additional free copies available at:
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=7335
5.
Star-Spangled Banner. Provided in class.
Additional free copies available at:
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=17599
(NOTE: You will need to load a free "Scorch2" plug-in in order to view, hear, and download the music when you arrive at the website. Use the link above, or look for the words "Can't see the music?" in red at the music web site. That is the plug-in link.)
Equipment:
Flutophone (Trophy Music)
Class Routine:
The student will be at each class session on time, with the required texts,
flutophone, a #2 pencil, and a notebook in which to keep notes, class handouts,
assignments, and tests.
The
course will cover approximately eight lessons (two units) every week.
Every fourth lesson is a review lesson where the student can administer a
self-test. The
answers are in the back of the book so that the student can check his/her
understanding of the material presented.
Any material missed on the review lesson should be re-studied, and the
self-test re-taken.
If the problem still persists, the student should mark the question and
ask about it the next class session.
Written Tests: There will be six written tests, one approximately
every 16 lessons (four units) covering those four units.
A student doing poorly on a test may ask to re-tested on up to one (1)
written test (excluding the final).
The re-test will have different questions covering the same basic
concepts. Re-testing
must be completed before the week preceding finals.
The one lowest written test out of the six (prior to, and therefore
excluding, the final) will be dropped and not included in the point totals for
the grade average. Written tests are worth 100 points each.
There will also be one written test on the sol-fa syllables (or scale
degree numbers) in a song.
This test is also worth 100 points.
NOTE: Students who miss any written test (other than as a member
of IVC-sponsored sports team for a scheduled team event, or for illness, or for
the funeral of a close relative—doctor’s note or funeral director’s note
required) will receive a grade of ZERO, and a makeup will take the one allowable
redo for the semester on that test.
Performance Tests:
The student will also learn to play simple diatonic melodies on the
flutophone; to play simple diatonic melodies, intervals, chords, and simple
diatonic chord progressions on the piano; and to sing simple diatonic melodies
using sol-fa or numbers. Performance tests are worth 50 points each.
There will be approximately one test every two weeks starting the fourth
week. Any
performance test may be re-tested once; however, the most recent test score
(whether higher or lower) is the score that will count.
Final:
The final exam will consist of a performance component (100 points)
and a written (100-question Scan-tron) component (200 points) for a total of 300
points.
Grade:
The grade will be based on a strict percentage. The student need only
divide the total number of points received out of the total number of points
possible to know his/her grade at any time.
(Make sure to include ALL tests in the tally, and delete the lowest written
test.) 90-100%=A,
80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, 60-69%=D, 0-59%=F.
Grade Record: Written Quizzes (100 pts each):
ONE (1) unit quiz may be re-taken; the
Quiz
1-16_____, Quiz 17-32_____, Quiz 33-40_____, Quiz 41-56_____, Quiz 57-72_____,
Quiz
73-84_____, Writing Sol-fa or numbers for a song _____.
(Remember to OMIT the one
(1) lowest score
above and count only 600 pts. for this
section.
Performance
Quizzes (50 pts each)
Flutophone:
p. 6_____, p. 7_____, p. 8_____, p.9_____, p. 10_____, p. 11_____.
(Possible
Performance Quizzes--Performance on Piano
or Voice: #1_____, #2_____, #3_____, #4_____, #5_____, #6_____.)
Written Final Exam (200 pts)________, Flutophone Final (100 pts)________.
Music 7:
Introduction to Music Foundation
Catalogue Description: An introduction to the basic concepts of music. The development of the skills and knowledge needed to read music, to hear music, and to use some instrument (including the voice) with skill.
Core Content: Demonstration of a fundamental knowledge of the reading of music, including:
I. a.) the staff, and treble and bass clefs;
b.) duration of sound and silence (up to sixteenth notes and rests);
c.) accidentals, scales (major; and natural, harmonic, and melodic minor), and key signatures;
d.) solfeggio (using numbers 1-7, or do-re-mi-etc.);
e.) measures, meter, and time signatures;
f.) dynamics;
g.) tempo;
h.) expression;
i.) intervals (perfect, major, minor, diminished, and augmented) from prime to octave;
j.) chords (major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads, and dominant seventh chords) including inversions;
k.) smooth voice leading of triadic accompaniment;
l.) transposition of simple melody and accompaniment; and
m.) harmonization of simple diatonic melodies (using I, ii, IV, V7, and vi chords and their inversions).
II. Singing of melodies using solfeggio (using numbers 1-7 or do-re-mi-etc.) and notating the same.
III. Performance of rhythms as notated in duple, triple, and quadruple time signatures (both simple and compound).
IV. Performance of simple diatonic melodies with keyboard and/or flutophone and/or voice in a variety of keys.
V. Performance of simple diatonic accompaniments at the keyboard utilizing triadic chords (and dominant seventh chords) with smooth voice leading appropriate for songs in various forms.
NOTE: Accomodation: Any student with a documented disability who may need educational accommodation should notify the instructor or the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSP&S) office as soon as possible. (DSP&S, Room 2117, Health Sciences Bldg., (760) 355-6312)