Survey of Music/Introduction to Music
(Suggested Outline)
Overview & Elements
Aesthetic
Five Fine Arts
Practical Arts
Art Defined
Rhythm
Tempo
Melody
Texture
Harmony
Timbre
Form
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
*Strings
*Woodwinds
*Brass,
*Percussion
Orchestra: Evolution and Color
Band: Evolution and Color
Piano/Harpsichord
Organ/Chamber Music
MUSIC THEORY
Based on Fundamentals of Music and Basic Music by H. Owen Reed, Mills Music Inc. Cover all required materials, no less than six weeks
REQUIRED
Notation of Pitch
Notation of Duration
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Circle of Fifths
Intervals
Major and Minor Triads
Inversion of Triads
Diminished and Augmented Triads
Triads as Tonal Chords
Voice Doubling
Connection of Primary Triads in Major Tonality
MUSICAL FORM
More extended discussion and illustrations of major forms mentioned in Overview/Elements Lecture
OPTIONAL
Secondary Chords in Major and Minor Tonality
First Inversion of Triads
Second Inversion of Triads
Cadences
Principles of Harmonization
Basic Conducting
Use hymns which incorporate the listed skills with all students conducting the class every period. Teacher leads out with demonstrations of patterns and technics.
Beat Patterns 2, 3, 4, 6 (5)
Use of Left Hand
Pick-up Beats
Holds
MUSIC HISTORY
Greece/Rome
Music in the Bible (Music in My Bible, Helen G. Grauman, Pacific Press, can serve as a primary source of materials for this presentation)
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
(Introduction of concept of romantic and classical tendencies in music)
Romantic
Twentieth Century
Popular Music
An overview of American popular music, using both audio and video illustrations
LISTENING UNITS
UNIT I
(Orchestra)Handel
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Kabalevsky
UNIT II
(Orchestra)J. S. Bach
Haydn
Beethoven
Brahms
Stravinsky
UNIT III
(Choral)Palestrina
J. S. Bach
Mozart
Verdi
Bernstein
UNIT IV
(Orchestra)Vivaldi
Haydn (Michael)
Boccherini
Mendelssohn
Grieg
Respighi
ETC. to the end of the year or semester . . .