Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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MUS 1009 - Theory Fundamentals for Music Majors
This course will cover clef reading, rhythmic notation, meter, scales, key signatures, intervals, and triads at a level of depth and fluency expected of music majors. Basic functional keyboard skills will be introduced.
Requisites: Music major and appropriate score on the theory placement exam.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to fluently identify and write all intervals, with an emphasis on diatonic intervals.
- Students will be able to fluently identify and write all triads.
- Students will be able to read and write all major and minor key signatures.
- Students will be able to fluently read and write all major and minor scales.
- Students will be able to fluently read bass and treble clef.
- Students will be able to realize at the keyboard all concepts listed above.
- Students will be able to use rhythmic notation correctly in the context of a given time signature.
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