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    FPA 104 Syllabus 2015 Fall

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    Rita Ueda teaches the FPA 104 Music Fundamentals course. The course introduces students to fundamental music concepts like rhythm, pitch, scales, chords, and harmony over 13 weeks. Students will be evaluated through quizzes, homework, projects, tutorials, and a final exam.

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    Rita Ueda teaches the FPA 104 Music Fundamentals course. The course introduces students to fundamental music concepts like rhythm, pitch, scales, chords, and harmony over 13 weeks. Students will be evaluated through quizzes, homework, projects, tutorials, and a final exam.

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    FPA 104 Music Fundamentals

    Fall 2015 Syllabus


    Instructor: Rita Ueda rueda@sfu.ca
    Teaching Assistants: Ben Wylie bwylie@sfu.ca
    Rebecca Bruton rbruton@sfu.ca

    Lectures: BLU 9660 Tutorials: EDB 9651 Office Hours: TBA

    Textbook/Workbook: Danielson, J. R. H. Basic Organization of Music, 4th edition

    Evaluation:
     Quiz 1 5%  Melody Project 10%
     Quiz 2 5%  Harmony Project 10%
     Quiz 3 7%  Tutorial participation and homework 20%
     Quiz 4 8%  Final exam 35%

    Week 1 September 8
     Course introduction  Metre
     Notes and rests  Dynamics
     Rhythm  Introduction to the Keyboard

    By September 15: Read BOOM Chapters 1 and 2. Exercises Chapter 1.

    Week 2 September 15
     Pitch (solfege)  More on metre - simple time
     Note names (Roman numerals and diatonic degree  Tempo and metronome markings
    names)  More on rhythm - beat extensions
     Staff and grand staff  Upbeats
     Leger lines  Beaming
     Interval - Perfect Octave

    By September 22: Read BOOM Chapters 3 and 4. Exercises Chapter 2 and 3.

    Week 3 September 22
     Accidentals - sharps, flats, naturals, double sharps and  Interval - Perfect 5th
    double flats  Quiz 1 overview
     Chromatic/Diatonic semitones
     Whole tones

    By September 29: Read BOOM Chapter 5. Exercises Chapter 4.

    Week 4 September 29 In Tutorials: Quiz 1 & Homework (wks. 1-3)


     Harmonic series
     Triad
     Primary triads (I, IV, V)

    By October 6: Read BOOM Chapter 6. Exercises Chapter 5.

    Week 5 October 6
     Melody writing  Scale notation
     Diatonic scales and tetrachords  Quiz 2 overview

    By October 13: Read BOOM Chapter 7. Exercises Chapter 6.


    Due October 27: Melody Project - Hand in at lecture
    FPA 104 Syllabus page 2

    Week 6 October 13 In Tutorials: Quiz 2 & Homework (wks. 4-6)


     Modes
     Major/Minor (natural, harmonic, melodic) scales
     Non-diatonic scales (chromatic, whole tone, octatonic, 2 types of pentatonic scales, and blues scale)

    By October 20: Read BOOM Chapter 8. Exercises Chapter 7.

    Week 7 October 20
     More on melody writing
     Compound metre

    By October 27: Read BOOM Chapter 9. Exercises Chapter 8.

    Week 8 October 27 At L e c t u re : H a nd I n Me lo d y P ro je c t
     Key signatures
     Writing major/minor scales and triads with key signatures
     Quiz 3 overview

    By November 3: Read BOOM Chapter 10. Exercises Chapter 9.

    Week 9 November 3 In Tutorials: Quiz 3 & Homework (wks. 7-9)


     Intervals revisited  Triads (major, minor, augmented and diminished) and
     Inverted, compound and enharmonic intervals inversions
     Chord symbols

    By November 10: Read BOOM Chapter 11. Exercises Chapter 10.

    Week 10 November 10
     Cadences (perfect, imperfect, plagal and deceptive)  Choosing chords for harmonization
     Chords (V7 and other 7th chords) and inversions  Embellishing a melody with non-harmonic tones
     Non-harmonic tones  Quiz 4 overview

    By November 17: Read BOOM Chapter 12. Exercises Chapter 11.


    Due December 1: Harmony Project - Hand in at lecture

    Week 11 November 17 In Tutorials: Quiz 4 & Homework (wks. 10-11)


     Musical texture (monophony, polyphony, homophony,  Modulation (V/V, etc.)
    heterophony)  Analyzing Harmonized Music
     Introduction to musical form

    By November 24: Read BOOM Chapter 13. Exercises Chapter 12.

    Week 12 November 24
     More on modulation  Repeat signs and other types of repetition
     More on analyzing harmonized music  Final exam preparation 1

    Week 13 December 1 At Lecture: Hand In Harmony Project


     Final exam preparation 2

    Final Exam: tba

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