APMusicTheoryCourseSyllabusGlendaleHighSchool(20092010)

Instructor:AndrewJacksonrajackson@spsmail.orgPhone:(417)5238851

CourseDescription
The Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory course enables highly motivated students to engage in college level work in the areas of reading and analyzing notated music and aural training. Particular emphasis will be placed upon developing listening skills, sightsinging ability, and knowledge of rhythm, melody, harmony, and other compositional devices. The successful student will be endowed with the skills necessary to function intelligently in any musical situation. The work of the course willemphasizepreparationfortheadvancedplacementmusictheoryexamination.

MajorInstructionalGoals
The ultimate goal of the AP Music Theory course is to develop a students ability to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music thatareheardorpresentedinascore.Theachievementofthisgoalmaybebestpromotedbyintegratedapproachestothestudentsdevelopmentof: AuralSkillsthroughlisteningexercises Sightsingingskillsthroughperformanceexercises Writtenskillsthroughwrittenexercises Compositionalskillsthroughcreativeexercises Analyticalskillsthroughanalyticalexercises

Grading
Participation=40%(activeparticipation,punctualityandattentiveness,beingpreparedforclass) Tests/Quizzes=25%(announced/unannouncedquizzes,written/performanceexams,finalexam) Assignments=40%(classwork,homework,projects,papers) TheFinalExamisacompositionprojectthatwillrequireeachstudenttoarrangeamusicalpieceandapplyallofthetechniquesandskillsacquiredwithintheAP MusicTheoryClass.Thisassignmentwillbe10%ofthe25%fromTestsandQuizzes. LateWorkProjectsandpaperswillbeacceptedlate,butwillbedocked10%forthefirstdayand50%afterthat. MakeUpWorkItisYOURresponsibilitytofindoutwhatyoumissedwhenyouwereabsent.Homeworkisdue2classesafterthedateoftheabsence.Allexamsmissed duetoexcusedabsencesmustbemadeupwithinaweekofthedateoftheabsence. Manyofourinclassassignmentsandhomeworkwillbedrillandpracticetypesofassignmentsofferedtohelpyoumasternewskills.Thesewillbegradedona pass/failtypeofpointsystem.Otherassignmentsandtestswillbestandardassessmentstyleassignmentsgiventomeasureyourlevelofmastery.Thesewillbegraded usingalettergradeonastandardpercentagepointscale.

Letter A A B+ B B C+ C C D+ D D F

Percentage 93 100 90 92 87 89 83 86 80 82 7779 73 76 70 72 67 69 63 66 60 62 0 59

APMusicTheoryExam
ThiscourseisdesignedtoprepareyoufortheAPMusicTheoryExaminMayof2010.TakingtheAPtestisnotrequired,althoughitisHIGHLYrecommended. TheAPExaminationinMusicTheoryassessesthestudentsunderstandingofmusicalstructureandcompositionalproceduresthroughrecordedandnotatedexamples. Theexamgivesstrongemphasisisgiventolisteningskills,particularlythoseinvolvingrecognitionandcomprehensionofmelodicandrhythmicpatterns,harmonic functions,smallforms,andcompositionaltechnique.Mostofthemusicalexamplesaretakenfromstandardrepertoire.Theexaminationassumesfluencyinreading musicalnotationandastronggroundinginmusicfundamentals,terminology,andanalysis. TheAPMusicTheoryExamisabout3hourslongandconsistsofthreesections.SectionIconsistsof75multiplechoicequestions,someofwhicharebasedonaural stimulus.SectionIIconsistsofwrittenfreeresponsequestions.SectionIIIcontainstwosightsingingexercises.

AttendanceandDiscipline
AttendanceProcedureParentsshouldnotifytheattendanceoffice(5238916or5238915)eachdaythestudentisabsent.Astudentnotexcusedfromschoolbya parent/guardianwillbeconsideredtruant.Workmissedbecauseoftruancymaynotbecompletedforcredit. HomeworkandMakeUpWorkGuidelinesItisthestudentsresponsibilitytochecktheteacherastoworkmissedduringtheabsenceandproceduretofollow.Should thestudentchoosenottocontacttheteacherwithinfiveschooldaysandmakearrangementsforworkmissed,theteacherisabsolvedofanyresponsibilityforthe studentsnegligenceinthismatterandwillrecordagradeofFor0foreachoftheassignmentsmissedduringtheabsence. DisciplinePleaseseethehighschoolhandbookforactivepolicies.Nogum,food,orsodawaterispermitted! STIHomepageParentscanbringinadriverslicenseandgetapinnumbertoaccesstheirstudentsattendanceandgradesfromhome.Gradeswillbeupdatedno laterthanFridayofeachschoolweek. AlertNowAlertNowisaparent/emergencynotificationsoftwarecompanythatwillnotifyofdistrictwidedelaysorcancellationsduetoinclementweatherorother importantevents.Youwillreceiveuptotwomessagesamonthhighlightingupcomingeventssuchasreportcarddistribution,attendance,andearlyreleasedays.

AttendanceIncentiveStudentsthathaveregular,goodattendancehaveanincentiveprogramthatcanbeusedonhisorherfinalexam. 100%attendanceFinalexamorotherendoftermactivitymultipliedby1.2 96%attendanceFinalexamorotherendoftermactivitymultipliedby1.15 92%attendanceFinalexamorotherendoftermactivitymultipliedby1.1

TextsUsedbyStudentsinAdditiontoTeacherCreatedMaterialsandProjects
Kostka,Stefan,andPayne.TonalHarmonywithanIntroductiontoTwentiethCenturyMusic.5thed.NewYork:Knopf,2004. Kostka,Stefan,andPayne.WorkbookforTonalHarmonywithanIntroductiontoTwentiethCenturyMusic.5thed.NewYork:Knopf,2004. Surmani,Surmani,andManus.EssentialsofMusicTheory(complete).VanNuys,California:AlfredPublishing.

TextsAvailabletoStudentsforReference
Benward&Kolosick.EarTraining:ATechniqueforListening,7thed.NewYork:McGrawHill,2005. Benward&Saker.Music:InTheoryandPractice.8thed.NewYork:McGrawHill,2009. Clendinning&Marvin.TheMusicansGuidetoTheoryandAnalysis(anthology),NewYork:WWNortonandCompany,2005. Clendinning&Marvin.TheMusicansGuidetoTheoryandAnalysis(text),NewYork:WWNortonandCompany,2005. Clendinning&Marvin.TheMusicansGuidetoTheoryandAnalysis(workbook),NewYork:WWNortonandCompany,2005. Ottman.ElementaryHarmony.4thed.NewJersey:PrenticeHall,1989. Spencer.ThePracticeofHarmony.5thed.NewJersey:PrenticeHall,2004. Straus.ElementsofMusic.2nded.NewJersey:PrenticeHall,2008. Turek.ElementsofMusic.1sted.NewYork:McGrawHill,1988.

Links
AnalysisExerciseshttp://www.tonalityguide.com/exercises/php AuralExerciseshttp://www.goodear.com Circleof5thsandKeyshttp://cnx.org/content/m10865/latest CollegeBoardhttp://apcentral.collegeboard.com FlashCardshttp://www.musicards.net FreeChoralMusichttp://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeInstrumentalMusichttp://mutopiaproject.org FreePianoMusichttp://www.pitt.edu/~deben/freebies.html HarmonicDictation http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/HarmDict/harmdict.html MelodicDictationhttp://www.calpoly.edu/~lfose/mad/index.html MusicTheoryhttp://musictheory.net RhythmDictationhttp://www.wmich.edu/mus history/TheoryHelp/TheoryHelp.html Termshttp://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary Theoryhttp://www.northern.edu/wieland/theory/tt/htm TheoryontheWebhttp://www.smu.edu/totw/toc.htm TonalHarmonyhttp://highered.mcgraw hill.com/sites/0072852607/student_view0/index.html

CourseOutline3rdand4thQuarter(JanuaryMay)SecondSemester
Week 1 Chapter 2 Concepts Rhythm&Meter Relativesymbolsofduration Beat/Tempomarkings Simple/Compoundmeters Timesignatures PitchNotation Treble/Alto/Tenor/BassClef(s) Moveableclefs Octaveregisters/keyboard Keys/Scales/Modes Major/minorkeysignatures Major/minorscaleconstruction Modalscales Scaledegreenames Intervals Major/minor/augmented/diminished /perfectintervals AuralSkills RhythmicDictation Identificationofbeatandmeter

PerformanceSkills Sightreadingrhythmsina varietyofmeters Performanceonkeyboard inmultipleclefs,with correctoctaveregister Sightsingingconjunct, tonalmelodiesinavariety ofmodes Performanceofscaleson keyboard Singingintervals; individuallybystep/leap andsimultaneouslyasa group Singingarpeggiatedchords Continuedmelodicsight singing,including arpeggiatedchords Groupsingingoftriads Continuedmelodicsight singing Groupsingingofseventh chords Continuesightsinging Performanceonkeyboard ofsimplecadences CompositionalSkills Originalrhythmic compositions Notategivenrhythmic patternusingdifferenttime signatures. Notateexercisesinmultiple clefs,withcorrectoctave registers Originalmelodic compositionsinavarietyof modes BeginSpeciesICounterpoint Motivictreatments (inversion/tonalandreal transpositions) Continuecounterpoint Rootposition4partpart writing

Rhythmicandpitchnotationof simply4measuremelodies

Conjunct,tonalmelodicdictation Identificationofmode

Identificationofintervalsplayed melodicallyandsimultaneously Identificationofchordquality IdentificationofI,IV,andV chords Continuedmelodicdictation, includingarpeggiatedchords Beginharmonicdictation Identificationfochordquality IdentificationofVvs.V7chord Continuedmelodic/harmonic dictation Continuedmelodicdictation Continuedharmonicdictation Identificationofcadences

Triads Major/minor/augmented/diminished 3,4,5,6, Inversions 8,9 Romannumerals Beginfiguredbassnotation 3,4,5,6, SeventhChords 8,9,13, M,Mm,m,half,andfullydiminished 14,15 7,10 HarmonicProgression&Cadences Circleof5thsProgressions Authentic/Plagal/Half/Deceptive/ PhrygianCadences

Partwriting,including inversions 4partwritingusingoriginal progressions Demonstratecadencesina varietyofkeys/voicings

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Concepts NonHarmonicTones Passingandneighboringtones Suspensionsandretardations Anticipations EscapeTonesandAppoggiaturas PedalPoint Phrases,Period,andForm Repeatedphrase,parallelperiods, contrastingperiods,two&three phraseperiods,anddoubleperiods. BinaryandTernaryform SecondaryChords Major/minor/augmented/diminished /perfectintervals OtherNonDiatonicChords Augmented6thchords(It.Fr.Gr.) Neopolitanchord PicardyThirds 2PartInventions Motive,countermotive,andsequence Augmentationanddiminution Closelyrelatedkeys Realandtonalsequences APExamVocabulary APFreeResponse Romannumerals Figuredbass Basslinecompositionscoring ChromaticismandModulations Modalchangesandtonicization Commonchordsandalteredchords Useofmodulationsinbinaryand ternaryforms APExamReview FinalCompositionProject Motive/Theme

AuralSkills Harmonicdictation incorporatingNHTs Continuedmelodicdictation IdentifyNHTs

PerformanceSkills Continuedsightsinging Groupperformanceof NHTs

CompositionalSkills CounterpointusingNHTs (invertiblecounterpoint) 4partwritingusingNHTs

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10,20

Identificationof phrases/cadencesandform Harmonicdictationincluding secondarydominants Continuedharmonicdictation Identificationofnondiatonic chords Identifyreal/tonalsequences Identifymotive/countermotive andformwithininventions Melodicdictationusing inventionmotives Identifyexamplesusingexam terminology Melodic/harmonicdictationand analysis Identifymodulations Continuedharmonicdictation Continuedmelodicdictation Completereleasedexams

Continuedsightsinging

Binaryformcompositionof harmonizedmelody 4partwritingincorporation secondarydominantsand leadingtones 4partwritingincorporating nondiatonicchords

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13,16, 17 23,24, 22

Continuedsightsinging

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Continuedsightsinging

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Continuedsightsinging Performanceofmotive,etc. onkeyboard

Compositionofa2part invention

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18,19, 20,21, 22,23, 24,25, 26

Singexamples,as Shortexamplesofterms,as appropriate appropriate Sightsingingreleasedexam items Completionofreleaseditems Analysisofreleased examples Continuedsightsinging Completereleasedexams Performanceoffinal projects Examplesoftypesof modulations Completereleasedexams Compositionoffinalprojects

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Form/Modulation Instrumentation/Transposition 20thCentury Serialism/12tonetechnique Minimalism

12tonecomposition

AcademicDishonestyandConsequences
Academicdishonestyisunacceptableandwillnotbetolerated.Cheating,forgery,plagiarismandcollusionindishonestactsunderminetheeducationalmissionand thestudents'personalandintellectualgrowth.Glendalestudentsareexpectedtobearindividualresponsibilityfortheirwork,tolearntherulesanddefinitionsthat underliethepracticeofacademicintegrity,andtoupholditsideals.Ignoranceoftherulesisnotanacceptableexcusefordisobeyingthem.Anystudentwhoattempts tocompromiseordevaluetheacademicprocesswillbesanctioned.Violationsofacademichonestyinclude,butarenotlimitedto,copying,allowingsomeonetocopy yourpaper,usingcheatsheets,usingtechnologytotransmitorreceiveinformationwiththeintenttocommitacademichonesty,notgradingcorrectly,plagiarizing, andselfplagiarizing.Plagiarismisthetheftofideas,writings,orwordsofanotherpersonandpassingthisinformationoffasone'sown.Selfplagiarismiscompleting anoriginalpaperforoneclassassignment,thenturninginthatsamepapertoanotherteacherforanotherclassassignmentwithoutpermission.Anystudentcheating willbesubjecttoacademicand/ordisciplinarypenalties.Consequencesmayinclude:reductioningradeonassignment,repeatassignment,nograde(zero)on assignmentorothersasdeemedappropriate.Academicdishonestywillbereportedtoaschoolcounselorandaparentwillbenotified.

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