This course is for those students having little or no prior knowledge of music theory but desiring to learn and explore the basic tools of music: clefs, note names, scales, rhythm, intervals, key signatures, form and familiarity with the piano keyboard.

Credits: 3
Hours: 3 Class Hours

Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of at least one principal form of artistic expression and the creative process inherent therein.
2. Aurally distinguish the differences between simple and compound meter.
3. Correctly identify the key names of the piano keyboard.
4. Identify and construct major and minor key signatures.
5. Name pitches in all of the commonly used clefs.
6. Identify the basic intervals used in musical composition and performance.