Music 19: Summer 2003
meets MWF 9-9:50 am, Braun Music Center 103
Christopher Burns, instructor
Course materials
- website: http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~cburns/19
- textbook: Joyce Dorr, Introductory Music Theory, Schirmer Books 1995
Grading basis
- assignments: 40%
- practical quizzes (3): 10%
- midterm examination: 20%
- final examination: 20%
- attendance and participation: 10%
Course schedule
- Wednesday June 25
- preliminaries - syllabus, tests and grading, etc.
- the elements of music - pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre
- Friday June 27
- staves, clefs, and pitches
- assignment - basic pitch notation: due Monday, June 30
- Monday June 30
- major scales, major keys, and key signatures
- assignment - scales and keys: due Wednesday, July 2
- Wednesday July 2
- minor scales, minor keys, and other modes
- handout - scales and modes
- assignment - minor scales and modes: due Monday, July 7
- Friday July 4
- Independence Day (University holiday) - no class meeting
- Monday July 7
- rhythm and meter
- assignment - rhythm and meter: updated - due Friday, July 18
- Wednesday July 9
- advanced rhythm and meter
- Friday July 11
- harmony - intervals
- assignment - intervals: updated - due Friday, July 18
- Monday July 14
- intervals continued
- assignment - melodic composition: due Wednesday, July 16
- Wednesday July 16
- harmony - triads
- Friday July 18
- triads continued
- handout - pitch terminology
- handout - rhythmic terminology
- Monday July 21
- practical quiz #1 - pitch, scales, rhythm, meter, and melody
- assignment - triads: due Wednesday, July 23
- Wednesday July 23
- review and questions
- Friday July 25
- mid-term examination
- Monday July 28
- harmony - triads in context
- assignment - roman numeral analysis:
due Wednesday, July 30
- Wednesday July 30
- harmony - seventh chords; basic triadic progressions
- Friday August 1
- practical quiz #2 - melody, intervals, and chords
- Monday August 4
- harmony - introduction to cadences
- assignment - progressions and cadences: due Wednesday, Aug. 6
- Wednesday August 6
- cadences, phrasing and voice leading
- assignment - phrases: due Friday, August 8
- Friday August 8
- form - larger structures
- Monday August 11
- practical quiz #3 - comprehensive
- Wednesday August 13
- review and questions
- Friday August 15, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
- final examination