2 Semesters / 1 Credit
Recommendations: Successful completion of Music Theory or teacher recommendation. Prospective students may be required to pass a basic skills test prior to being admitted to the class.
This class will be a study of the elements of music necessary for the student to compose successfully and analyze various musical forms from the common practice era. Students will study music fundamentals, to include major and minor scales and modes, various forms of notation, chord construction and analysis, basic composition techniques for four-parts, and transposition techniques for writing for various instrumental voicing. While keyboard knowledge is not a prerequisite, students will be expected to become familiar enough with a piano keyboard to translate simple musical lines and chords to and from a keyboard. Aural skills and sight singing are also points of emphasis. AP Music Theory will be offered based on sufficient interest.