Music 103 is an introductory course in theory and practice, preparing students for further work in music history, theory, composition, ethnomusicology, and performance. The goals of the course are: 1) to develop a thorough working knowledge of basic musical structures, including scales and modes, keys, intervals, motives, chords, rhythmic patterns, and types of musical motion; 2) to experiment with musical materials and design through exercises in improvisation and composition; 3) to learn to transcribe tunes and harmonize them; 4) to gain basic keyboard and sight-singing skills, or to improve on these skills; and 5) to recognize and interpret musical structures in a variety of repertoires including classical, folk, rock, jazz, and world music traditions. |