Music 101. MATERIALS OF MUSIC
Fall 2002; MWF 1:30-2:25 P.m., Booth 208
Irene Girton
Contact information:	· igirton@oxy.edu · 323.259 2590 (my office) · 323.259 2785 (Music Department office) · 323.341 4983 (fax) · Office hours: MWF 11 – 12, and by appointment · Check my web site for updates and class information: http://www.listeningarts.com/music/oxy/theory/101

Required texts:

1) Manoff, Tom. The Music Kit, both Workbook and Rhythm Reader/Scorebook

Overview: This class will give you basic music literacy. You’ll learn to read traditional music notation, you’ll become familiar with music’s building blocks (notes, scales, intervals, chords, and rhythm) through written and aural practice, and you’ll finish the semester by composing an original piece of music. There will be frequent self-graded homework assignments, and weekly (sometimes daily) quizzes based on the homework material. I will provide an answer key for the homework; you are on your honor to complete the assignments yourselves. Timely completion is crucial to your mastery of this material. Please bookmark the website for this class (www.listeningarts.com/music/oxy/theory/101) and visit it frequently.

Concert attendance: You will attend and type reports (at least one page in length, 1-inch margins on all four sides) on three concerts this term, each worth 2.5% of your final grade. One of these concerts will be on November 15 at 8 p.m. in Thorne Hall: violinist Hilary Hahn is giving a solo recital here and will be available to talk with students the day before. This is a unique opportunity for us, and attendance at this free concert is required. Make sure you comment on aspects of the music that relate to material discussed in class. You must include a program with your report (unless no program is provided, of course). The first concert report is due by Wednesday, Oct. 16 (week 8); the second is due before the Thanksgiving holiday, and the 3^rd report is due at the time of the final exam. NOTE: only 1 concert report will be accepted at the final exam! Make sure to begin going to concerts right away, and type up your reports as soon as possible.

Concerts on campus are strongly recommended. Other possibilities include the free concert every Sunday afternoon at 6 pm at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Blvd. between Fairfax and La Brea, as well as many other free or inexpensive concerts throughout the city. Excellent sources for concert information include the Sunday Los Angeles Times Calendar section, and the LA Reader and LA Weekly free newspapers.

Grading Policy: Quizzes are graded on a scale from 0 to 10. Note: a quiz graded lower than 7.5 may be retaken once.

At the end of each class period, you should summarize for yourself the main point(s) of the lectures and discussions, as well as any unanswered question(s) you still have.

For the Occidental College policy on student conduct and honor, please visit the following link: http://www.oxy.edu/departments/registrar/catalog/genpolicy.html. Students with learning disabilities are encouraged to speak with me concerning exam arrangements.

Concert reports	7.5%
Homework	7.5%
Quizzes	62.5%
Final exam	22.5%

class meeting	material covered
Week 1: 8/30 (F only)	Introduction to class procedures (and invitation to party). Chapter 1: pitch and notation, and RR 1.
Week 2: 9/4, 9/6 (W and F only)	No class Monday. Chapter 1 cont’d; chapter 2: the keyboard. Quiz F, ch1.
Week 3: 9/9, 9/11, 9/13	Chapter 3: intervals I. Quiz F: ch2-3.
Week 4: 9/16, 9/18, 9/20	Chapter 4: scales, tonality, and melody. RR3. Quiz F: ch4.
Week 5: 9/23, 9/25, 9/27	Chapter 4 cont’d; chapter 5: key signatures, more about melody, and musical form. Quiz F: ch4-5.
Week 6: 9/30, 10/2, 10/4	Chapter 5 cont’d; chapter 6: intervals II. RR4. Quiz F: ch6.
Week 7: 10/7 (W and F activities TBA)	M: Review chs1-6; assign RR5.
Week 8: 10/16, 10/18 (W and F only)	Chapter 7: minor scales. RR6. Quiz F: ch7.
Week 9: 10/21, 10/23, 10/25	Chapter 7 cont’d. RR7. Quiz F: ch6-7.
Week 10: 10/28, 10/30 (M and W only)	Chapter 8: harmony I, triads; performance and composition. RR8. No quiz this week!
Week 11: 11/4, 11/6, 11/8	Chapter 8 cont’d. Quiz 7: ch7-8.
Week 12: 11/11, 11/13, 11/15	Chapter 9: harmony II, more complex triads and the tonal harmonic system. Chapter 10: harmony III, 7^th chords and harmony in minor keys. Quiz F: ch9. MANDATORY CONCERT ATTENDANCE FRIDAY NIGHT! HILARY HAHN!
Week 13: 11/18, 11/20, 11/22	Chapter 10 cont’d; chapter 11: accompaniments and voice leading. Discuss final composition projects.
Week 14: Monday activity TBA	Monday TBA; Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 15: 12/2, 12/4, 12/6	Chapter 11 cont’d; continue working on compositions; review for final exam.

Final exam: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

ASSIGNMENTS

Due	Concert reports
10/16, W	Week 8, first concert report due by this date
Before 11/27	Second concert report due by this date
12/11	Final exam, last concert report due by this date

Due	Assignment
Friday, 9/6	Chapter 1 exercises.
Friday, 9/13	Chapter 2-3 exercises. Get your hands on a keyboard (check with Norma for practice room code). Say names of keys aloud as you play. Use each hand separately.
Friday, 9/20	Chapter 4 exercises (1-5).
Friday, 9/27	Chapter 4 exercises (6-15). Chapter 5 exercises.
Friday, 10/4	Chapter 6 exercises.
Wednesday, 10/16	Chapter 5: #17ab (melody composition).
Friday, 10/18	Chapter 7 exercises.
Monday, 10/28	Chapter 8 exercises (1-4).
Friday, 11/1	Chapter 8 exercises (5-11).
Monday, 11/4	Wkbk p91 #4: Compose a four-phrase melody in the key of D major, in meter. · First draw a melodic shape as a general design. · Consider various ways of relating your phrases: 1 and 3 can “rhyme,” and so can 2 and 4 (see Melody 45); each phrase can be somewhat different, but with related cadences (Melody 46); phrases 1, 2, and 4 can be related, while phrase 3 serves as a contrast (Melodies 48-49) … there are many different models from which to choose. · Be sure each phrase has a convincing melodic cadence. To ensure this, try placing a longer note on the downbeat of the cadential measure (see Melody 49). · Make sure each measure contains the equivalent of 3 quarter notes. You can use half notes and dotted half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes – no 16^th notes, please, and no note values longer than the dotted half note. You can buy music paper in the bookstore, or can use the music paper at the very back of the Rhythm Reader/Scorebook, xeroxing it before you turn it in. Review your previous melody-composing assignment before completing this one.
Friday, 11/15	Chapter 8, exercise 12 c&d (p159-160). Pay close attention to the instructions – for letter c, you’ll be writing the same melody twice (once without key signature but with accidentals, the 2^nd time with key signature. For letter d, use only chord tones, but experiment with rhythm a bit. Review for quiz 8: chapter 8.
Wednesday, 11/20	Redo chapter 8 exercise 12 c&d, paying close attention to notation, chord contents (have the right notes!), rhythm, range (no more than an 8ve), and a good combination of skips and steps.
Monday, 12/2	Read chapter 10 (dominant 7^th, harmonic system in minor keys), and begin reading chapter 11. Chapter 9: do review exercise #2, pp192-3 Chapter 10: exercises #2 - #6, pp196-202 Take one of your melodies from the last assignment (chapter 8, #12 c – d); refine it to your satisfaction, making sure the notation is PERFECT (all notes filled in which should be filled in, dots and flags carefully drawn, big skips fixed, meter signature and key signature where they should be…) – this will be the melody you use for your final project, which will be discussed and assigned on Monday, 12/2.
Friday, 12/6	Chapter 11 exercises (study and play as many of these as possible).
TBA	Final composition project