MUSIC 104 - Basic Materials in Music Theory

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course provides a step by step approach to the fundamentals of music including notation, scales, intervals and triads.

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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Course Competencies

Read fundamental pitch and rhythmic notation in the treble and bass staff.
Write fundamental pitch and rhythmic notation in the treble and bass staff.
Construct major scales and all forms of minor scales.
Identify all major and minor key signatures.
Construct all major and minor key signatures.
Construct traditional intervals that identify distance between pitches.
Construct major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads.
Write simple rhythms derived from aural dictation.
Notate intervals on treble or bass staff through aural dictation.