Maricopa Community Colleges  MTC100   19956-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/28/95
MTC100 19956-99999 L+L 2 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Fundamentals of Music
Introduction to music notation and theory. Emphasis on fundamental concepts, including meter, rhythm, scales, keys, intervals and triads. Designed for the nonmusic major, but may be advised for music majors. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MTC100   19956-99999 Fundamentals of Music
1. Name and notate all the notes in the treble and bass clefs. (I)
2. Identify and notate whole-steps and half-steps. (I)
3. Construct all major and minor scales. (II)
4. Identify and notate all major and minor key signatures. (III)
5. Identify and notate all simple intervals. (IV)
6. Construct and identify all types of triads. (V)
7. Identify and notate time signatures. (VI)
8. Identify and notate basic rhythmic patterns. (VII)
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MTC100   19956-99999 Fundamentals of Music
    I. Identification of musical pitch: treble and bass clef
        A. All pitches on the staff
        B. All pitches on the keyboard
        C. Enharmonic pitches
        D. Diatonic and chromatic half-steps
        E. Accidentals
      II. Scales
          A. Identify and notate all major scales
          B. Identify and notate all minor scales
            1. Natural
            2. Harmonic
            3. Melodic forms
        III. Key signatures
            A. Major key signatures
            B. Minor key signatures
              1. Relative minor
              2. Parallel minor
          IV. Intervals
              A. Writing all intervals
              B. Identification of intervals: numerical distance and quality identification
            V. Triads
                A. Construction of triads
                  1. Major
                  2. Minor
                  3. Augmented
                  4. Diminished
                B. Identification of triads
                  1. Major
                  2. Minor
                  3. Augmented
                  4. Diminished
                C. Roman numeral identification of triads in relation to a key signature
              VI. Time signatures
                  A. Identify simple and compound time signatures
                  B. Write simple and compound time signatures
                VII. Rhythm patterns
                    A. Note and rest values
                    B. Dotted-note and dotted-rest values
                    C. Writing rhythmic patterns in simple and compound time
                    D. Performing rhythmic patterns in simple and compound time
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