COURSE NAME: Music Theory (SUNY)

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Catskill

INSTRUCTOR: Fitzgerald

Full Year

Enrollment Cap = 15

COURSE PREREQUISITES: A serious interest in music and permission of the instructor.

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE:

Music Theory is offered to students with strong experience in music fundamentals. The primary objectives of
the course will be:

1. To learn skills necessary to be an effective musical composer.
2. To develop proficient music reading skills in all time signatures.
3. To develop integral aural skills (intervals, scales, rhythms, etc.)
4. To develop basic keyboard skills well enough to play simple harmonized
melodies using the I-IV-V chords in the key of C. Other keys will be explored.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:

FOR COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES ONLY:

SPONSORING COLLEGE: SUNY Albany

NUMBER OF CREDITS AVAILABLE: 3 credits

APPROXIMATE TUITION FEE (PER CREDIT): $50

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