Music Theory for Non-Majors

Catalog description

This course is designed for musical theatre majors and dance majors and serves as an introduction to reading standard music notation. Emphasis on pitch, rhythm, meter, intervals, keys, basic harmony and common musical terms. Students will incorporate basic keyboard and sight-singing skills as an application of the literacy components. Upon completion of this course, musical theatre and dance majors will be able to read and decipher the basic components of the musical score in order to facilitate their performances.