Fall, 2007
MWF 9:00-9:50, Fletcher Music Center 306
Ed Jacobs; Fletcher 302;
328-4280 JacobsE@mail.ecu.edu
Office Hours: MWF, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., by appt., or whenever the office door is open.
course requirements grading office hours required materials course outline/schedule disability-related accommodations
In this course we will introduce and build upon the basic melodic, contrapuntal, harmonic, motivic, and formal principles of music in the "Common Practice Era," i.e., music’s Baroque (1600-1750) and Classical (1750-1825) periods. The goal of this course (and all Basic Musicianship courses) is to help you develop and use tools necessary for intelligent and critical musical thinking by developing your ability to perceive a musical work’s events and internal relationships. At the conclusion of this semester, you will be musically ‘smarter’ as you are increasingly able to discern the ways in which musical ideas unfold (in all types of music) with greater sensitivity and awareness.
1. Regular prompt attendance and class participation are strictly required. You are permitted three unexcused absences. Only medical and Official school of Music off-campus performances and tours will excuse absence. Each unexcused absence, beyond three, will reduce your final grade by 5 points (i.e., half-letter grade).
2. Completion of all reading and written assignments.
3. Four quizzes, and a cumulative final exam.
Your grade will be based on many components, roughly weighted as follows:
| Class Participation | 10% |
| Written homework assignments | 20% |
| Quizzes (Sept. 17, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 3) | 50% (12.5% each) |
| Final Exam (Wednesday, Dec. 12, 8-10:30 am) | 20% |
Grading is on a standard scale
> 90% = A
> 80% = B
> 70% = C
> 60% = D
< 60% = F
HOW TO GET HELP, OR OFFICE HOURS
MWF, 10:00a.m.-11:00 p.m., by appointment, or whenever the office door is open. 302 Fletcher Music Center; 328-4280; E-mail address is JacobsE@.ecu.edu. If you need help and want to reach me, don't ever be shy, that's why I'm here.
Gauldin, Robert. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, New York: W. W. Norton,
1997.
[available in bookstore]
Handouts on counterpoint and several other topics, available via class site on Blackboard.
Also, always bring some music manuscript and a few good pencils/erasers to class.
DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS
East Carolina University seeks to comply fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Students requesting accommodations based on a covered disability must go the the Department for Disability Support Services, located in Brewster A-117, to verify the disability before any accommodations can occur. The telephone number for that office is (252) 328-6799.
| Date: | Topic: | Prepare Text Chapters: |
| WEEK
1-4 AUG. 22-SEPT. 17 |
Counterpoint: First Species Counterpoint: First Species Counterpoint: First Species Counterpoint: First Species Melodic Figuration and Dissonance |
App. 3 and handouts App. 3 and handouts App. 3 and handouts App. 3 and handouts 7 |
| SEPT. 17 | QUIZ 1 | Handouts, Ch. 7 |
| WEEK
5-8 SEPT. 19-OCT. 12 |
Musical Texture and Chordal Spacing Part-writing in Four-Voice Texture Introduction to Diatonic Harmony Tonic and Dominant Harmony Rhythm and Meter II |
5 6 8 9 10 |
| OCT. 12 | QUIZ 2 | 5, 6, 8-10 |
| WEEK 9-12 OCT. 17-NOV. 9 |
The V7 and I6 Chords Phrase Structure and Grouping Linear Dominant Chords Melodic Figuration and Dissonance II |
11 12 13 14 |
| NOV. 9 | QUIZ 3 | 11-14 |
| WEEK 13-15 NOV 12-DEC. 3 |
Pre-dominant Chords The 64 and other linear chords The II7 and IV7 Chords The VI, III, and other Diatonic Chords Tonicization and Modulation I |
15 16 17 18 19 |
| DEC. 3 | QUIZ 4 | 15-19 |
| DEC. 12, 8-10:30 a.m. | FINAL EXAM | 1-19, Counterpoint |