Welcome to the band here at NDSCS! We are going to have a lot of fun, making music, and getting better and better each time we meet. Whether this is the first time you’ve ever played in a band, or you’ve been playing for years; whether you were your high school’s top chair player or you struggled to get through a B♭ concert scale, there is a place for you here.

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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).

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Multimodal Musicianship is an open educational resource for learning music theory and ear training. The content engages concepts related to tonal harmony, suitable for a two- or three-semester music theory and ear training curriculum in a liberal arts college or other higher education setting. This collection of materials offers multiple modes of engaging content—with text, musical examples, audio examples, video content, application activities, and links to supplemental content—designed for users to learn and reinforce their knowledge according to their learning styles and needs.

This collection is the first of five dealing with the rudiments of music.