MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
MUSIC
THEORY II CURRICULUM
SUBMITTED
BY: DAVID THOMAS MAY
AUGUST
2002
COURSE
STATEMENT
The
goal of this course is to prepare students to function in a higher level of fluency, and to
demonstrate a greater level of literatal
understanding of Music Academics and Advanced Music Theory practices. It will
advance students in the skills of reading, writing and communicating within the
musical language. Students will also develop skills that will advance and
develop their knowledge and critical thinking skills in other academic areas.
Students
will build and advanced music vocabulary and continue their development of
music reading skills, advanced ear and voice training skills, and
piano/keyboard skills. They will build on and improve their melodic and
rhythmic sight-reading skills, while improving their music manuscript writing
skills. Students will also utilize advanced computer hardware and software
applications that will further develop many of the above mentioned skills.
COURSE
PROFICIENCIES (ATTITUDES)
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Students should recognize the effects and impact
that music reading and performance can have on their lives.
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Students should be able to demonstrate an
advanced and fluent use of the musical vocabulary and language
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Students should acknowledge the importance of
mastering these elements of Advanced Music Theory and their importance within
the music world at the present time.
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Students should acknowledge the importance of
Advanced Music Theory as it relates to their future musical experiences.
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Students should possess and develop the skills
necessary for fluent communication and presentation within musical
performances.
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Students should be able to utilize a variety of
advanced skills and technologies to read, write, create, orchestrate, record,
and perform a variety of styles of music.
COURSE
PROFICIENCIES (SKILLS)
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To develop fluent ability to write / transcribe
music in manuscript or tablature forms.
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To develop advanced ear training capabilities
for melodic and harmonic transcription and identification.
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To develop advanced rhythmic dictation
identification capabilities for transcription.
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To enhance the students’ understanding of
Rhythmic function and the rules governing meter, tempo, and rhythm.
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To enhance the students’ understanding of
Melodic function and the rules governing chromatic, stepwise, scalewise, skip, and jump movement in melody.
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To continue the development of Harmonic
structure and the rules which set up harmonic form.
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To further the understanding of major, minor,
and chromatic scales, key signatures, and modes.
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To continue development of musical styles and
developments from the earliest historical documentations to the present day.
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To develop fluent ability to discuss musical
forms from various musical eras.
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To develop a fluent knowledge and use of musical
vocabulary for conversational discussion of music.
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To develop advanced technology skills to study,
compose, analyze, record, and reproduce music in digital and analog formats.
N.J. CORE
CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
1.1 All Students will acquire knowledge and
skills that increase aesthetic awareness in dance, music, theater, and visual
arts.
All
students will refine perceptual, intellectual, physical, and technical skills
through creating dance, music, theater, and/or visual arts.
All
students will utilize arts elements and arts media to produce artistic products
and performances.
All
students will demonstrate a knowledge of the process
of critique.
All
students will identify the various historical, social and cultural influences
and traditions which have generated artistic accomplishments throughout the
ages and which continue to shape contemporary arts.
All
students will develop design skills for planning the form and function of
space, structures, objects, sound, and events.
CROSS-CONTENT
WORKPLACE READINESS STANDARDS
Standard
1: All students will develop career
planning and workplace readiness skills.
Standard
2: All students will use technology,
information and other tools.
Standard
3: All students will use critical
thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
Standard
4: All students will demonstrate
self-management skills.
Standard
5: All students will apply safety
principals.
COURSE CONTENT
Music
Fundamentals
Students
will be able to:
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Skillfully use all components of a single and a
grand staff.
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Properly demonstrate use of the 4 components of
sound:
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duration, intensity, pitch and timbre
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Properly use clefs in a variety of settings and
projects.
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Properly utilize time signatures, note values
and rhythms.
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Visually & Aurally
utilize pitches on, below and above the staff.
Key Signatures,
Scales, Modes
Students
will be able to:
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Utilize all Major Key Signatures and their
Relative Minors.
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Utilize the following Scale Models in any key:
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Major, Melodic/Harmonic/Natural Minor, Chromatic
& Modes.
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Continue to play scales on their principal
instrument and on piano.
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Sing, play and identify all intervals of the
octave.
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Construct and utilize the Circle of Fifths.
Melody
Students
will be able to:
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Compose melodies within a given Key Signature
and Time Signature.
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Properly identify and define how a melodic line
moves, ie. Ascending, Descending, Stepwise, Skips,
Jumps.
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Properly define a melody and what mode it is
written in.
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Properly utilize specific characteristics such
as binary, strophic, or atonal.
Harmony
Students
will be able to:
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Harmonize melodies they are familiar with or
which are newly composed by the student.
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Use the modality of triads built off of each
major scale tone.
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Use intervals with their proper definition
within the key.
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Properly use major-minor-diminished-augmented
and suspension Triads and use their correct abbreviations.
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Properly use Major, Dominant and Minor Seventh
Chords
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Properly read, write and analyze in the
classical 4 part writing style.
Music History
Students
will be able to:
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Discuss the musical eras and their contributions
to or from recorded history.
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Aurally identify musical works from Ceremonial
Tribal, Ritual Sacred, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Cultural,
New Age, Swing, Jazz, Rock and Pop.
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Identify specific compositional forms within the
various eras.
Music
Appreciation
Students
will be able to:
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Identify timbres and qualities associated with a
variety of musical selections.
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Properly use the appropriate vocabulary to
discuss performance issues.
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Properly use and develop appropriate critique skills
for music evaluations.
EVALUATION
TECHNIQUES
Several
different evaluative tools will be used to measure student progress and
achievement. These items will help accumulate information and data that may
assist in identifying adjustments that might be considered for the curriculum.
All students need to be evaluated for their command of the course content, and
skills. Student progress, and the effectiveness of the
Curriculum will be evaluated using the following elements:
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Participation and cooperation in the classroom.
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Classroom attendance and promptness.
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Following Directions for classwork
and activities.
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Independent thinking and work habits.
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Effective Communication Skills.
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Completes Assignments on time and as instructed.
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Individual musical performance activities.
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Utilization of skills on compound levels
throughout the course.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Classroom
Text
Music
Theory for Everyone - Frank Leanza &
Leonard Gallo
Supplemental
Resources
Backgrounds
in Music Theory - Maurice C. Whitney
Schirmer
Books Division of MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.
Harmony – 4th Ed. - Walter Piston -
Revised & expanded by Mark Devoto
W.W.
Norton & Co. Inc.,
Harmony
Book for Beginners - Preston Ware
Theodore
Presser Company –
Master
Theory Books III & IV
- Charles S. Peters &
Paul Yoder
Neil A Kkjos Music
Company – SanDiego Ca.
Sight
and Sound A
Visual Aid to Melody & Harmony
- Arpad Darazs & Stephen Jay
Boosey & Hawkes,
Inc.
The
Concise