Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module students should be able to:
-demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the notation of pitch and rhythm, rhythmic duration and rests, simple and compound meters and anacrusis; treble, bass and C clefs, major and minor scales, major and minor key signatures and circle of fifths, relative and parallel keys; simple and compound intervals and inversions of intervals, quality of intervals, consonance and dissonance; triads and seventh chord construction, quality and inversions; Roman numeral notation (including inversions)
-identify and correct rudimentary errors in a given score
-engage critically with basic questions of harmonic analysis, using the technical names of the degrees of the scale (tonic, dominant, etc.) and Roman numeral notation
-read confidently the score of a work from the Classical, Romantic or early twentieth-century periods and be able to identify and explain the use of transposing instruments and basic Italian musical terms
-demonstrate an awareness of the development of the orchestra through the period 1750 until c.1930, and display the ability to recognize orchestral instruments aurally
-be able to identify aurally the distinctive characteristics of works from the Classical, Romantic and early 20th-century periods with reference to the basics of orchestration, musical language, genre, form and structure
Indicative Module Content:
Fundamental music theory and literacy.
Basics of harmony and analysis.
Score-reading.
Basic instrumentation.
Classical to early twentieth-century repertoire (1750-1930).
Listening skills.