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Hart - Back to school - APMT 2021.MOVCourse Overview
Course Overview
It is the goal of this course to gain knowledge of musical elements (melody, harmony, form, rhythm, meter, texture, timbre, etc.) and use this knowledge through various listening, singing, writing, analytical, and creative activities to develop various speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills associated with the language of music. At the end of the course, students will have the skills needed to take the AP Music Theory exam in May and possibly place out of a first-year college music theory course.
General knowledge/language of music: Students are expected to achieve fluency with the terminology and symbols used to describe musical elements, including their interaction.
Oral skills: Students are expected to sing independently, demonstrating accurate intonation and rhythm, using literature ranging in difficulty from moderate to difficult. This includes sight-singing major, minor, and chromatic melodies in simple and compound meters.
Aural skills: Students are expected to identify through listening: intervals, scales and keys, harmonic structure, metric organization, rhythmic patterns, texture, and form. These skills will be developed through dictation (both melodic and harmonic) as well as aural analysis of standard Western tonal repertoire.
Writing skills: Students are expected to master notational skills such as clef placement, proper use of key and time signatures, proper metric use of beaming, vertical alignment of chords, etc. These skills will progress to include more sophisticated and creative tasks: melodic harmonization, figured bass realization, and the realization of a Roman numeral progression.
Visual skills: Students are expected to identify and describe musical elements and their interaction from visual representation, including study of motivic treatment, examination of rhythmic and melodic interaction between individual voices of a composition, and harmonic analysis of functional tonal passages.
Class Calendar
Class Calendar
The Calendar is currently under development. Adequate notice will be given for all assignments, quizzes and tests.
Required Class Materials
Required Class Materials
Charged, district provided iPad
Daily materials will be placed on Google classroom; paper copies may not be available in class.
Pencil with adequate eraser. Work completed in pen will not be accepted.
I also recommend that you have a designated binder or folder for this class as well as notebook and staff paper for taking notes and practice. Some staff paper will be provided, and you can print it.
Google Classroom
Google Classroom
Westlake High School utilizes the Google Classroom platform to share classroom resources, many assignments, and assessment preparation materials to students. WHS students will receive a classroom code to access these materials, submit assignments, and track any missing work.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
HELPFUL STUDENT WEBSITES
- Information on AP Music Theory
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_music.html
- Theory Helps/Tutorials
- Music Notation Software
- Ear Training
www.good-ear.com
www.ossmann.com/bigears
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