Music 1610
Basic Music II
Western Michigan Univ. David Loberg Code
School of Music 2315 Dalton, x7-4683
Spring 2009 Email: code@wmich.edu
Rm. 1110 Office Hrs: MW-10 or by appt.
Grad. Assistants: Martez Rucker & Daniel Spencer
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Music 1610 is a
continuation of Mus 1600. It
includes fundamental principals of counterpoint, voice-leading and part
writing; continues the study of harmony with modulation and an introduction to
chromatic harmony. Music theory
has one primary goal--to understand what we hear. Because of music's abstract nature, we tend to listen to it
passively without really comprehending or internalizing what we hear. Similarly, when we create music we tend
to move mechanically from note to note without sensing their collective
meaning: in effect reading letters, not words. The only way for you as a performer and/or teacher to create
a meaningful musical interpretation of a piece is to understand how it works
and what is important about it.
The goal of this course is to provide thorough working knowledge of
Western tonal music that can be applied to your other areas of musical activity
(performance, composition, education, etc.).
REQUIRED
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR COURSE:
1. Turek, Music for Today's
Musician
2. Turek, WORKBOOK for Music for
Today's Musician
3. music staff paper (preferably in some
kind of notebook)
Please read
indicated pages
Week of SYLLABUS (subject to change) before
coming to each lecture.
Jan 5 Counterpoint:
pp.213-216, Chapter 18 (p.365-)
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/courses/cpt.html
Jan
12 Ch.11
Part Writing/Voice-leading
Jan
19 Mon
– "MLK Day" No class
Jan
26 Mon - Quiz
#1 Ch.12
Triads in Root position
Feb 2
Feb 9 Ch.13
Triads in Inversion
Feb
16 Review Fri - MIDTERM EXAM
Feb
23 Ch.14
Seventh chords Fri
- "Spirit Day" No Class
Mar 2 Spring
Break
Mar 9 Ch.15
Secondary Functions
Mar
16 Review Fri
- Quiz #2
Mar 23 Ch.16 Modulation
Mar
30
Apr 6 Intro
to Adv. Chromatic Harmony
Apr 13 Performance of Compositions
FINAL
EXAM Wednesday, April 22, 8-10:00 AM
Meeting
locations:
Mondays &
Wednesdays Lecture in
Room 1110 (Lecture Hall)
Fridays Labs with graduate
assistants (Rm 1110 or 2113)
TESTS
AND GRADING:
Your grade for
the course will be based upon the following materials:
Homework
(from lab) 20%
Quizzes
20%
Composition
15%
Midterm
Exam (20%)
Final
Exam (25%)
NB:
Shortly before the final, I will pass out a sheet for you to indicate the distribution
of the two exams. They will still
total 45% of your grade but may be divided in one of the following ways
(Mid/Fin): 15%/30%, 20%/25%, 22.5%/22.5%, 25%/20%, 30%/15%.
The quizzes,
midterm, and final exam will be held in the Lecture Hall (Rm 1110) on the dates
indicated above. If a medical or
family emergency prevents you from attending an exam, you must notify me on or
before the date of the exam (via voicemail, email, or a message left at the
School of Music Office, 387-4667).
There is no excuse for not being able to get a hold of me. If you wait until the next class
meeting to ask me about a make-up it will be too late.
The grading scale
will be as follows:
A 93-100 C 73-77
BA 88-92 DC 68-72
B 83-87 D 60-67
BC 78-82 E 59ø
Should
this scale result in a very unbalanced grade distribution (it usually doesn't),
grades may be curved to compensate. The
schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event of
extenuating circumstances as determined by the instructor.
RESPONSIBILTIES:
Attendance is
expected for all lecture sessions and labs. Any absence (including arriving late and leaving early) is
regarded as an unexcused absence (with the exception of official tour dates and
documented emergencies) and can affect your final grade. Exceptions may be made for documented
emergencies and official tour dates.
Otherwise, School of Music policy does not permit lessons, practices,
dress rehearsals, recitals and other performance-related activities to be
scheduled in conflict with regularly-scheduled classes. It is no more acceptable for you to
miss this class because of a rehearsal than it is for you to skip your lesson
because you are doing homework.
(Likewise, Diva Days do not constitute medical emergencies.) Your instructors are under no
obligation to make-up missing materials or activities. If you miss a class, it is your
responsibility to find out what you missed from other students. If a medical or
family emergency prevents you from attending an exam, you must notify the
instructor on or before the date of the exam (via email or a message left at
the School of Music Office, 387-4667).
Otherwise there are no make-ups for missed exams. For late assignments, percentage points
may be deducted for each day past the deadline in accordance with the Fibonacci
sequence. Lecture attendance will
be monitored by the Question/Comment Slips you fill out at the end of each
class, so be sure to include your name and the date each time. Excessive absences will have a negative
effect on your final grade. Your
Graduate Teaching Assistant will determine the policies for lab sessions and
grading of homework, which constitute 20% of your total grade. In general, homework will be due on the
second lab session after it is assigned.
You
are expected to participate fully in class. Talking, sleeping, eating, listening to headphones, doing
homework, surfing the web, texting, and similar distractions are inappropriate
in class. All cell phones and
beepy things must be turned off during class. If your phone should ring, please answer it outside and
don't come back. Laptops and PDAs
can only be used for class-related activities and only in the front of the
classroom. The instructor reserves
the right to view any open materials (books, paper, laptops, etc.) to determine
if they are being used for class purposes. (If you don't want me to see something, don't have it
out.) The instructor may request
that you email copies of notes taken during class on your computer.
You are responsible for making yourself aware of and understanding the policies and procedures in the Undergraduate Catalog that pertain to Academic Integrity. These policies include cheating, fabrication, falsification and forgery, multiple submission, plagiarism, complicity and computer misuse. If there is reason to believe you have been involved in academic dishonesty, you will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. You will be given the opportunity to review the charge(s) and have the opportunity for a hearing. You should consult with me if you are uncertain about an issue of academic honesty prior to the submission of an assignment or test. Additional information about WMU's policies regarding student conduct and academic dishonesty can be found at: http://www.osc.wmich.edu
ASKING QUESTIONS:
Don't be afraid
to ask lots of questions in lecture and labs. The only 'stupid' questions are the ones which don't get
asked. I guarantee someone else
has the same question. I am very
sincere about this, and will always try to be very open about any question
asked. I would prefer not to
lecture in silence. (That doesn't
mean I want you to make noise or talk behind my back.) At the end of each lecture, you will
turn in a slip of paper with your name, the date, a comment, and a question. These slips make up part of your
'participation' grade. The comment
could be something about the topic of the day ('I liked the part about...'),
the lecture ('You were hard to hear today'), your progress ('I'm finally
understanding...'), etc.. This
gives you an opportunity to
provide immediate feedback that I can use now
(in contrast to the evaluations that you fill out at the end of the
semester.) The question part may
be something you didn't understand from lecture, something you did understand
but you want to know more about, something about the next quiz, whatever. BUT you must have a question (if not,
you must be brain-dead and should report to the health center immediately!)* I will try to incorporate your
questions into the next lecture if possible.
COMPUTER STUFF:
The School of
Music has a computer lab (Mac) with synthesizers and specialized music
programs. This lab is supported in
part by your fees and is open for your use most evenings. (During the day its use is restricted.)
For this class, you are responsible for learning to use Sibelius, a music notation
program, for your final composition project. If you are not familiar with Sibelius, you should begin
visiting the computer lab early in the semester to learn how to use it.
You
also have a WMU email account (Bronco NetID) which you need to activate for
use. This is the account to which
any official WMU emails will be sent, including emails for this class. I will not send class information to
your personal account (e.g., gmail, hotmail). While I will have regular office hours, some of you will
find it more convenient to contact me via e-mail. You can ask me a question (maybe about your homework) and I
will answer it. I will check my
e-mail from home as well, so you will usually receive a response either the
same or the next day. Also, I will
be posting materials on a WWW site.
Follow the course materials links from the School of Music web page to
Mus 1610
* This is a joke.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3831
code(at)wmich.edu
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/courses/m161.htmlRevised: 7 Jan 2008