Music 70:
Music Theory and Musicianship I
General Requirement IV: Fulfills the SAS General Requirement in
Formal Reasoning & Analysis.
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Cristle Collins Judd.
(e-mail: cjudd@sas.upenn.edu)
Common Syllabus for all Sections
Course Content:
Introduction to music theory.
Basic skills and vocabulary for reading, hearing, performing, analyzing,
and writing music.
In-depth study of selected compositions from the "common practice"
Western tradition, including classical, jazz, and popular examples.
Practical experience writing about music.
Basic musicianship skills.
Objectives:
Students who successfully complete Music 70 will have
- Command of musical rudiments and the technical vocabulary of music
theory (notation of pitch and rhythm; fluent reading and writing in treble
and bass clef; notation and recognition of simple and compound intervals,
major / minor scales and keys, triads and seventh chords).
- Competence in basic melodic analysis (motive, phrase structure,
harmonic implications of melody).
- Familiarity with formal analysis (including binary, rounded binary,
bar, ternary, and blues forms).
- The ability to write antecedent and consequent phrases, compose
melodies above a ground bass or figured bass, and compose for two or
more parts in simple binary form.
- An overview of simple diatonic harmony (identification of chord
function within a key, recognition of large-scale harmonic motion and
modulation, basic principles of part-writing).
- An understanding of the principles of Roman numeral analysis,
figured bass notation, and pop chord symbols.
- Musicianship skills including melodic and harmonic interval
recognition, triad and seventh chord recognition, rhythmic and melodic
dictation, familiarity with the keyboard; and the ability to sing simple
tonal melodies at sight.
Required texts and materials:
Robert Gauldin, Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, (Norton,
1997).
Music 70 Coursepack.
Quality music paper (approx. 8´ x 11").
#2 or softer pencils, a good eraser, a ruler (short and clear is best)
and a
three-ring binder.
The Coursepack is available from Wharton
Reprographics,
all other materials are available from the Penn Book Store.
Optional materials:
CD set to accompany Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music
Software program Practica Musica (This software is used
for ear-training assignments and is available in the music lab, MMETS, and
the Ormandy Listening Center. Students may wish to purchase their own copy
which comes on a Win/Mac CD bundled with Jeffrey Evans, Exploring
Theory with Practica Music (Ars Nova Software, 1999)).
The CD set and Software package are available from the Penn Book Store.
Do not purchase Practica Musica floppy disks. We are no
longer using these.
Resources for Music 70
Orientation sessions for the Music Computer Lab will be announced in
class. The lab houses ten networked Macintosh PowerPCs and MIDI keyboard
workstations with software for music notation, aural training, sightsinging,
improvisation, sequencing, sound-editing, and spectral analysis. Details
of the lab are available online
and a set of lab regulations will be passed out in class. Please note that
you must purchase a Music Dept. ID card (available for $10 per semester
from the Music Dept. office) to use the lab and must bring your own headphones
for use in the lab.
The Ormandy Listening Center, on the west end of the 4th floor of Van
Pelt Library, houses an extensive collection of recorded materials that
are available for use at the listening stations housed there. A MIDI workstation
that matches those of the Music Computer Lab is also housed in the Ormandy
Center (as well as video and laser disc viewing stations). Recordings of
music from the coursepack are on reserve in Ormandy, and a
list of library
call-numbers for these and other recordings is online. Your
instructor may also place other tapes and CDs on reserve here for course
assignments during the semester.
MMETS is located in the basement of the David Rittenhouse Labs.
A MIDI workstation with the Music Lab software is available here.
To use the MIDI station, students should
reserve the room 3 days in advance by calling MMETS (attn: Shawn Clifton)
at 898-4947 or e-mailing <reserve@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>.
Same day requests may be possible but cannot be guaranteed. Headphones
are available for MIDI station usage.
Practice Rooms:
Practice rooms equipped with pianos are located in the basement of the
Music Building. Students need a Music Department ID to use the practice
rooms. Keys are signed out in Room 202. Further information is available
from the Music Department Office. A list of practice rooms around the campus
is also available from the Music Department Office.