Music Theory & Technology

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INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY

(1 semester - either semester, 10th - 12th only)

**This course will be offered for the 2008-2009 school year. However it will not be offered again until the 2010-2011 school year.

This class is a basic one semester course that will cover:

The basics of music reading: 

ADVANCED PLACEMENT MUSIC THEORY

(2 semesters - 11th and 12th grade only)

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**This course will not be offered for the 2008-2009 school year. However, it will be offered again until 2009-10.

This accelerated course will build on the skills covered in Introduction to Music Theory. AP Music Theory is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester college music theory class taken by music majors during their first year of collegiate study. The course will develop the student's ability to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music that are heard or presented in a score. The course will focus on aural, sight-singing, compositional, and analytical skills.

All students who complete this course are required to take the AP Music Theory Exam. The examination takes place in May.

Prerequisite: Grade of "B" or better in Introduction to Music Theory or successful completion of the GIHS Music Theory Placement Exam.

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY LAB I

(1 semester, 9th - 12th)

This course is designed to give students an introductory opportunity to listen to, analyze, compose, perform, and produce electronic music. The technology that supports this course allows students to accomplish these goals without any previous training in or understanding of traditional Western music notation.

This course will empower students to

1. Manipulate sound effects (reverb, chorus, delay, pitch bend, etc.) to shape melody, harmony, and texture of previously composed music.

2. Edit pitch and rhythm to manipulate melodies.

3. Improvise melodies over existing harmonic framework.

4. Explore sounds and textures using the voices programmed in the software.

5. Experiment with music form using loops.

6. Shape sounds using the synthesizers embedded in the software

7. Control the balance of music using mixers and device parameters.