Course Description:
The study of the development of the materials of music, beginning with the function and use of diatonic harmony, and progressing to the use of secondary dominant harmonies. Piano skills, ear training, and sight-singing are practiced, with the addition of all major scales with chords, Piano Level 1 pieces, compound meter studies, accelerated ear training, and sight-singing in minor keys. Notation software study progresses, and students end the semester with the creation of an original 16-measure composition for 4 voices, presented with notation software.
- Faculty: MARY HURD