Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Students will receive basic instruction in MIDI and computer skills to facilitate learning and the completion of compositions.
 

Upon successful completion students should be able to:
Exhibit developing musicianship (good tone production, stylistically proper phrasing, execution of dynamics and articulations) by beginning the application of the components of music theory through musical expression.
Attain musical literacy in order to consciously observe the musical practices of the masterworks of the western world through listening, harmonic analysis and basic music composition in order to appreciate simultaneously the uniqueness of a work, its origins and precedent, its potential as an influence and inspiration on other works, and its relationship to a particular cultural moment.
Generalize listening experience to music that is not part of the western art music tradition so that he/she can understand and value the music of the peoples of the world in all-encompassing ways.
Develop a personal musical language in the composition of basic musical works

The instructor should make the criteria for assigning a course grade and for evaluating student progress clear at the beginning of the term. The individual instructor will determine the methods of assessment. Assessment methods may include:

Qualitative examinations
Quantitative examinations
Homework assignments
Music presentations
Class participation
Composition projects
Small group work/problem solving
Concert reports

    Pitch and its notation
… Clefs
… Intervals
… Diatonic and chromatic half steps
… Solmization (aural recognition)
    
    Rhythm
… Meter
… Borrowed divisions
… Syncopation
… Rhythmic performance
… Notational guidelines
    More on pitch
… The keyboard
… Scales
… Keys and key signatures
… Intervals
    Harmony I
… Triads
… Dominant seventh chords
… Chord inversions
… Chord symbols (sonority)
… Figured bass
    Harmony II
… Diatonic triads in major keys
… Diatonic triads in minor keys
… Functional tonal principles
… Roman numeral function designation
… Dominant-type function
… Predominant function
… Harmonic variants
    Harmony III
… Harmonic cadences
… Nonharmonic tones
… Embellishing tones
… Principles of harmonization
Introduction to music technology
COMPETENCIES/SKILLS
The following skills are expected to be achieved to successfully meet the minimum requirement ("C" or "Pass") of the course.

Examine an example of diatonic music and identify key.
Aurally and visually identify meter for basic musical works.
Provide a detailed harmonic analysis of a diatonic musical work using roman numeral function and sonority (chord symbol).
Notate and perform a basic musical idea (melody).
Apply functional principles and harmonize preexisting melody.
    
Identify, create and utilize common harmonic cadences.
    
Identify, categorize and label nonharmonic tones.