Sunday, August 20, 2017

Class Schedule: 1st Nine Weeks


Due Dates 
Listening Journal (Print out and include in Notebook)


Week I   8/21-25                          Chapter 1 (Barron’s) Music Fundamentals
Aspects of Sound, Staff and Clefs, Notation
o        Pre-test participation
o        Quiz #1- Level Ladder 1-2
o        Quiz #1- Level Ladder 1-4
o        Homework-
            §          Read Chapters 1-3
§         Music Theory.Net Note naming, Treble, Alto, Bass, Tenor Clef 30 questions- score                 
>85%
§         Draw a  Grand Staff, color code the notes on the staff to correspond with
the notes on an instrument of your choosing. (Guitar/Woodwinds/Keyboard)
§         Vocabulary list (Chapter 1)- due Wednesday 8/31
§         Composition Assignment #1 (8 measures exercise 1)- due Wednesday 8/31

Week II 8/28-9/1                   Chapter 2 (Barron’s) Rhythm, Meter, and Metric Organization
                                                Notating Rhythm, Metric Organization, Rhythmic Guidelines
o        Quiz #3-Level Ladder 3-6
o        Quiz #4- Level Ladder 3-8
o        Homework-
§         Music Theory.Net Note naming, All Clefs 30 questions- score >90%
§         Vocabulary with examples- due Wednesday 9/7
§         Listening Journal- due Wednesday 9/7

Week III 9/5-8                      Test I Chapters 1-2
                                                Sight Reading Test 1
                                                Composition Assignment #2
                                                Level Ladder Catch up to level 5
                                                Review/Questions/Practice writing rhythm exercises for dictation

Week IV 9/11-15                Chapter 3&4 (Barron’s) Scales, Keys, and Modes and Aural Skills: Fundamentals and Singing
                                              Scales, Church Modes
o        Quiz #5- Level Ladder 5-10
o        Quiz #6-Level Ladder 5-11
o        Homework-         
§         Music Theory.Net Scale Ear Training, 20 questions- score > 80%
§         Write out ear training exercises using different time signatures and modes
§         Vocabulary- due Monday 9/19
§         Listening Journal- due Monday 9/19

Week V 9/18-22        Chapter 5 (Barron’s) Harmonic Organization I:
                                             Intervals, Triads, Seventh Chords, Inversions
      
o        Quiz # 7- Level Ladder 6-13
o        Homework-
§         Music Theory.Net Chords Ear Training, 30 questions- score > 80%
§         Self Test 3-1/3-2/3-3
§         Composition Assignment #3-due Tuesday 9/27

Week VI 9/25-29    Chapter 6-7 (Barron’s) Harmonic Organization II and III
                                           Triads in Diatonic Context, Figured Bass, Chord Functions, Cadences
o        Quiz #8- LEvel Ladder 8-18
o        Homework-
§         Music Theory.Net Intervals/Chords Ear Training, 40 questions- score > 85%
§         Vocabulary- due Tuesday 10/4
§         Listening Journal- due Tuesday 10/4

Week VII-VIII 10/3-13      Chapter 5-7 Review
                                            Test 2-   Chapters 1-7
                                            Sight Reading Test 2
                                            Dictation Test 2
                                            Level Ladder Catch up to level 20
                                            Composition Assignment #4 due- 10/4
                                               
Week IX-XI 10/16-26      Chapter 8- (Barron's) Harmonic Composition Part I: Fundamentals
o        Listening Journal Presentations (TEST GRADE)         
o        Homework-
§         Music Theory.Net Intervals/Chords Ear Training, 20 questions- score > 85%
§         Vocabulary due Tuesday 10/25
§         Listening Journal due Friday 10/21

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