Fundamentals of Music FIU (view)

Units included with this Open Author resource:

Introduction
Keywords:
Elements of music, Scales, triads, intervals
Unit 1
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Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6

Summary

This course covers the fundamentals of tonal music theory: pitch notation; rhythm and meter; major and minor scales; intervals; triads and seventh chords, as well as common terms and symbols used in common practice music. By the end of this course students will be able to read pitches in common clefs and will be familiar with note durations and meters. They will also learn to spell and recognize key signatures, major and minor scales, intervals, and triads and will become familiar with the concept of harmonic function and cadence. After completing this course, students will be ready to begin the undergraduate music theory sequence (Theory I-IV).