Advanced Music Theory
Course Description:
In this course, students will be immersed in the world of music and the technical details of how music works. The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and engaging look at music theory and the notation and structure important to its development. Students learn about various aspects of music theory, including the different types of musical staffs, notes, scales, and chords. Students are also exposed to the use of harmony to produce melodic structure. At the completion of this course, students will have gained knowledge of and appreciation for music theory.
Course Details:
| Course Title (District): |
Advanced Music Theory |
| Course Title (NCES SCED) : |
Music Theory |
| Course Provider : |
Genesee ISD |
| Content Provided By : |
Edison Learning |
| Online Instructor Provided By : |
Edison Learning |
| Standards Addressed : |
National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Academic Terms : |
Semester |
| NCES SCED Code : |
| Subject Area : |
Fine and Performing Arts |
| Course Identifier : |
Music Theory |
| Course Level : |
High School (Secondary) |
| Available Credit : |
0.5 |
| Sequence : |
1 of 1 |
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How To Enroll:
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the online course. However, it is the responsibility of the district or school to review the
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Additional Course Information:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (412) 863-4403
Additional Cost: $0.0
Additional Cost Description:
None
- Practice notation of and apply function to basic musical score notations.
- Evaluate musical intervals, assemble musical scale groups, and identify musical keys in examples using varied musical clefs.
- Compare and contrast note durations, observe changes in tempo, experience stress patterns in varied time signatures and meter, and compose balanced rhythmic values.
- Organize closely related keys and adjust key signatures using the circle of fifths and the circle of fourths.
- Understand changes in interval values in music written in natural, harmonic, and melodic minor modes.
- Compare and contrast intervallic values to create chromatic, whole-tone, and other more distinctive scale types.
- Read and write major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads and seventh chords within the treble and bass staves.
- Outline written music into basic musical forms, mark parts of a musical phrase, and identify and describe cadential figures as harmonic resolution within progressions.
- Within a written musical score, identify and write nonharmonic tones, melodic embellishments, progression and resolution of chords built on scale degrees, and locate areas of tonal emphasis.
- Using learned concepts for chordal function and harmonic progressions, improve melodies and suggest appropriate harmonic substitutions.
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| A2. Minimum computer skills and digital literacy skills expected of the learner are clearly stated.* |
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| A3. The instructor’s biographical information and information on how to communicate with the instructor are provided to learners and other stakeholders. |
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| A4. Learner expectations and policies are clearly stated and readily accessible within the introductory material of the course. |
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| A5. Minimum technology requirements for the course are clearly stated, and information on how to obtain the technologies is provided.* |
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| A6. Grading policies and practices are clearly defined in accordance with course content learning expectations. |
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| A7. The online course provides a clear description or link to the technical support offered and how to obtain it.* |
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| A8. Learners are offered an orientation prior to the start of the online course. |
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| B1. The online course objectives or competencies are measurable and clearly state what the learner will be able to demonstrate as a result of successfully completing the course.* |
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| B2. The online course expectations are consistent with course-level objectives or competencies, are representative of the structure of the course, and are clearly stated. |
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| B3. The online course content is aligned with accepted state and/or other accepted content standards, where applicable.* |
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| B4. Digital literacy and communication skills are incorporated and taught as an integral part of the curriculum.* |
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| B5. Supplemental learning resources and related instructional materials are available to support and enrich learning and are aligned to the specific content being delivered.* |
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| B6. The online course content and supporting materials reflect a culturally diverse perspective that is free of bias.* |
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| B7. The online course materials (e.g., textbooks, primary source documents, OER) that support course content standards are accurate and current. |
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| B8. The online course is free of adult content and avoids unnecessary advertisements.* |
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| B9. Copyright and licensing status for any third-party content is appropriately cited and easily found. |
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| B10. Documentation and other support materials are available to support effective online course facilitation.* |
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| C1. The online course design includes activities that guide learners toward promoting ownership of their learning and self-monitoring.
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| C2. The online course’s content and learning activities promote the achievement of the stated learning objectives or competencies. |
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| C3. The online course is organized by units and lessons that fall into a logical sequence. |
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| C4. The online course content is appropriate to the reading level of the intended learners.* |
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| C5. The online course design includes introductory assignments or activities to engage learners within the first week of the course. |
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| C6. The online course provides learners with multiple learning paths as appropriate, based on learner needs, that engage learners in a variety of ways. |
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| C7. The online course provides regular opportunities for learner-learner interaction. |
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| C8. The online course design provides opportunities for learner-instructor interaction, including opportunities for regular feedback about learner progress.* |
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| C9. Online course instructional materials and resources present content in an effective, engaging, and appropriate manner.* |
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| D1. Learner assessments are linked to stated course, unit, or lesson-level objectives or competencies. |
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| D2. Valid course assessments measure learner progress toward mastery of content. |
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| D3. Assessment practices provide routine and varied opportunities for self-monitoring and reflection of learning.* |
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| D4. Assessment materials provide the learner with the flexibility to demonstrate mastery in a variety of ways.* |
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| D5. Rubrics that clearly define expectations for varied levels of proficiency are created and shared with learners.* |
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| E1. Online course navigation is logical, consistent, and efficient from the learner’s point of view.* |
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| E2. The online course design facilitates readability.* |
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| E3. The online course provides accessible course materials and activities to meet the needs of diverse learners.* |
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| E4. Course multimedia facilitate ease of use.* |
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| E5. Vendor accessibility statements are provided for all technologies required in the course.* |
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| F1. Educational tools ensure learner privacy and maintain confidentiality of learner information in accordance with local, state, and national laws for learner data. |
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| F2. The online course tools support the learning objectives or competencies.* |
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| F3. The online course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate learners’ needs and preferences.* |
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| F4. The course allows instructors to control the release of content.* |
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| F5. The course provides the necessary technical functionality to score and record assessments and calculate earned course points or grades.* |
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| G1. The online course uses multiple methods and sources of input for assessing course effectiveness. |
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| G2. The online course is reviewed to ensure that the course is current. |
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| G3. The online course is updated on a continuous improvement cycle for effectiveness based on the findings from ongoing reviews. |
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Review Conducted By: Edison Learning
Date of Review:
02/24/2022
- The beginnings of music theory and musical dynamics
- Musical pitches and the grand staff
- Time signatures, hierarchy of note duration, and rhythmic evaluation
- Relating musical notation to the keyboard
- Intervals, accidentals, major and minor scales, minor modes
- Circle of fifths, related keys, key signatures, and enharmonic notes and scales
- Exploration of simple, compound, and mixed meter
- Chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic and octatonic scales
- Characteristics of triads and tertian harmony
- Seventh chords and seventh chord inversions
- Functional harmony for major and minor keys
- Musical phrases, cadences, and formal analysis of musical forms
- Chord substitution, melodic embellishments, and figured bass
- Melodic structure, including melodic shape and treatments
- Tonal emphasis and tendencies of intervallic consonances and dissonances
- Harmonization of simple and complex melodies
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This is an asynchronous course. The instructor will send a course intro announcement with their expectations
