FPA 104 Music Fundamentals

Fall 2015 Syllabus

Instructor: Rita Ueda rueda@sfu.ca
Teaching Assistants: Ben Wylie bwylie@sfu.ca
Rebecca Bruton rbruton@sfu.ca

Lectures: BLU 9660 Tutorials: EDB 9651 Office Hours: TBA

Textbook/Workbook: Danielson, J. R. H. Basic Organization of Music, 4th edition

Evaluation:
 Quiz 1 5%  Melody Project 10%
 Quiz 2 5%  Harmony Project 10%
 Quiz 3 7%  Tutorial participation and homework 20%
 Quiz 4 8%  Final exam 35%

Week 1 September 8
 Course introduction  Metre
 Notes and rests  Dynamics
 Rhythm  Introduction to the Keyboard

By September 15: Read BOOM Chapters 1 and 2. Exercises Chapter 1.

Week 2 September 15
 Pitch (solfege)  More on metre - simple time
 Note names (Roman numerals and diatonic degree  Tempo and metronome markings
names)  More on rhythm - beat extensions
 Staff and grand staff  Upbeats
 Leger lines  Beaming
 Interval - Perfect Octave

By September 22: Read BOOM Chapters 3 and 4. Exercises Chapter 2 and 3.

Week 3 September 22
 Accidentals - sharps, flats, naturals, double sharps and  Interval - Perfect 5th
double flats  Quiz 1 overview
 Chromatic/Diatonic semitones
 Whole tones

By September 29: Read BOOM Chapter 5. Exercises Chapter 4.

Week 4 September 29 In Tutorials: Quiz 1 & Homework (wks. 1-3)

 Harmonic series
 Triad
 Primary triads (I, IV, V)

By October 6: Read BOOM Chapter 6. Exercises Chapter 5.

Week 5 October 6
 Melody writing  Scale notation
 Diatonic scales and tetrachords  Quiz 2 overview

By October 13: Read BOOM Chapter 7. Exercises Chapter 6.

Due October 27: Melody Project - Hand in at lecture
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Week 6 October 13 In Tutorials: Quiz 2 & Homework (wks. 4-6)

 Modes
 Major/Minor (natural, harmonic, melodic) scales
 Non-diatonic scales (chromatic, whole tone, octatonic, 2 types of pentatonic scales, and blues scale)

By October 20: Read BOOM Chapter 8. Exercises Chapter 7.

Week 7 October 20
 More on melody writing
 Compound metre

By October 27: Read BOOM Chapter 9. Exercises Chapter 8.

Week 8 October 27 At L e c t u re : H a nd I n Me lo d y P ro je c t
 Key signatures
 Writing major/minor scales and triads with key signatures
 Quiz 3 overview

By November 3: Read BOOM Chapter 10. Exercises Chapter 9.

Week 9 November 3 In Tutorials: Quiz 3 & Homework (wks. 7-9)

 Intervals revisited  Triads (major, minor, augmented and diminished) and
 Inverted, compound and enharmonic intervals inversions
 Chord symbols

By November 10: Read BOOM Chapter 11. Exercises Chapter 10.

Week 10 November 10
 Cadences (perfect, imperfect, plagal and deceptive)  Choosing chords for harmonization
 Chords (V7 and other 7th chords) and inversions  Embellishing a melody with non-harmonic tones
 Non-harmonic tones  Quiz 4 overview

By November 17: Read BOOM Chapter 12. Exercises Chapter 11.

Due December 1: Harmony Project - Hand in at lecture

Week 11 November 17 In Tutorials: Quiz 4 & Homework (wks. 10-11)

 Musical texture (monophony, polyphony, homophony,  Modulation (V/V, etc.)
heterophony)  Analyzing Harmonized Music
 Introduction to musical form

By November 24: Read BOOM Chapter 13. Exercises Chapter 12.

Week 12 November 24
 More on modulation  Repeat signs and other types of repetition
 More on analyzing harmonized music  Final exam preparation 1

Week 13 December 1 At Lecture: Hand In Harmony Project

 Final exam preparation 2

Final Exam: tba