Contemporary Theory I Course Description Learn the basic rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials of music. Learn about scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, and how to write them. Learn to analyze diatonic harmonies with lead sheet symbols. Learn to aurally identify intervals and to sing and write simple melodies. View a sample Syllabus. Contact us for Instructor Materials. Course Materials Manuscript Paper Keyboard Diagram Pyramid of Perfect 5ths Name that Interval Scale and Arpeggio Fingerings Conducting Patterns & Principles Lead Sheet Symbols Text: Snodgrass, Jennifer. Contemporary Musicianship, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-19-092459-1 Preparation Pre-requisites: No prior music training is required Co-requisites: Studying piano, guitar, and/or voice is recommended Background: A love for music and a work ethic helps Course Content Clefs, Note Names, Accidentals Enharmonic Spelling of Pitches Locating Notes on a Keyboard Rhythm and Meter Major Scales and Key Signatures Minor Scales and Modes Intervals and Inversions Transposition Triads and Inversions Seventh Chords and Inversions Lead Sheet Symbols Acoustics and Tunings Conventions of Notation