Course Description

*Prerequisite - Music I. and/or placement test

The textbook used in this course, The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis is offered virtually and in hard copy it puts music before theory, with a focus on the real music students encounter. Every workbook exercise (online and hard copy) emphasizes real music over contrived examples. And the workbook extends the textbook’s “spiral” approach in which the anthology’s core repertoire is revisited from chapter to chapter as new concepts are introduced. Students will continue to strengthen their skills and theories of the fundamentals of music: pitch, rhythm, intervals, and scales; the harmony and voice leading: chords, progressions, cadence, non-harmonic tone, and composition techniques; and modes and form. 

*Full year course - 1.0 Credits 

Credit Subject Area: Fine and Performing Arts, Humanities, or Electives

A Placement Test must be completed before the end of the preceeding school year in order to determine if eligibile to take the course. The test will take about 20-30 minutes and must be scheduled with Ms. Marquardt.

Placement Exam Topics to Review:

-Treble and bass clef letter names

-Piano key names

-Dynamic markings

-Enharmonic pitches

-Rhythms/rests

-Major key signature identification

Upon successful placement test, student can sign out a textbook and complete the summer work for the following school year. 

Please see instructor for Google Classroom access and print the following document:

Summer work is due on the first day of the class.