Successful students in Music 107 will be able to:

1. Use the basic definitions of "Music" to give examples of "organized" sounds.

2. Use the 4 aspects of music to explore sound and timbre.

3. Relate pitches to the piano keyboard learning their octave designations.

4. Find and name pitches in four different clefs in exercises.

5. Transcribe rhythms into counting patterns and counting patterns into rhythms in quizzes assigned.

6. Write Major scales from given notes and/or key signatures.

7. Write Minor scales from key signatures in their three forms.

8. Write and identify simple intervals on the music staff and keyboard.

9. Construct Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminshed chords on the music staff.

10. Find and write triads on diatonic scale degrees.

11. Voice chords using basic Keyboard or Choral voicing.

12. Demonstrate their knowledge of coursework in successful Midterm and Final Examinations

The course will be presented as a series of eight modules dealing with a progression of musical skills and abilities. Subsequent modules are dependent on those completed previously. Modules must be completed sequentially. Included in each module are quizzes designed to practice the skill introduced in the module. Content for each quiz is given previous to the quiz. Reading beyond the quiz can be detrimental. After quizzes for the first four modules are completed, a Midterm Exam will be taken. This Midterm exam will count one-fourth of the course grade. All information asked on the midterm would have been practiced on the quizzes. After the midterm, a new group of quizzes covering Modules Five to Eight will be completed.The course will culminate in a Final Examination that will count one-fourth of the course grade. The students grade for the course will be based on their performance on the pre-Midterm quizzes, counting one-fourth of the course grade, and the post-Midterm quizzes which count the final fourth of the course grade.

The course grade will be averaged from four parts:

1. Quizzes for Modules One to Four

2. Midterm Exam

3. Quizzes for Modules Five to Eight

4. Final Exam

The grading scale is as follows: All numbers are percentages.

100 - 90% = A

89 - 85 = A-

84 - 80 = B+

79 - 75 = B

74 - 70 = B-

69 - 67 = C+

66 - 63 = C

62 - 60 = C-

59 - 57 = D+

56 - 53 = D

52 - 50 = D-

49 - 0 = F

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All required quizzes must be completed before Exams can be taken.

All students must go via the internet to Coda Music and download your free copy of "Finale Notepad." Their website is:

www.codamusic.com

This will allow you to open and read the Music notation in many of the 107 quizzes. The program is quite simple and works in either Mac or PC format. You write your answers above the given information, then e-mail the completed quiz to me for grading. Always keep a copy for your records. I will send your quiz grade as a percentage via e-mail.

Enjoy the course and learning the language of Music!