Course Outline

Information About the Course

SUNY WCC Course Title: MUSIC 110 Basic Musicianship

Instructor: Anthony Maceli School: Valhalla High School

Required Text: Tonal Harmony by Kostka and Payne

Other Required or Supplemental Materials:

Benward, Bruce, and Marilyn Saker, 2003. Music in Theory and Practice, 7th ed. Boston:
McGraw-Hill.
Berkowitz, Sol, Gabriel Fontrier, and Leo Kraft. A New Approach to Sight Singing. 3rd
ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986.
Burkhart, Charles. Anthology for Musical Analysis. 6th ed. New York: Schirmer, 2003.
Spencer, Peter. The Practice of Harmony, 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
2003.
Turek, Ralph. The Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications, 2nd ed. Vols. 1 & 2.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Technology Resources:
The Amazing Slow Downer
MIDI Keyboards
Ricci Adams’ Music Theory Web site: www.musictheory.net
Desktop iMacs in class
Personal Smartphones
School iPads
School Bass Guitars/Electric Guitars

Learning Outcomes, Objectives and Measurements

(List objectives and how each objective will be measured)
SEE ATTACHED PDF

SLO/Objectives - Upon successful This outcome will be measured by one or

completion, the student will be able to: more of the following instruments
(exercises, tools, observations):
SLO 1: Demonstrate knowledge of the
fundamentals of music reading. Measure
Objective 1: Understand the fundamentals of
reading pitches on treble and bass clefs.

Objective 2 : Construct major scales and their

key signatures.

Objective 3 : Identify all 3 forms of relative

minor keys and their key signatures.

SLO 2 : Demonstrate knowledge of the

diatonic keys. Measure

Objective 1 : Identify and construct intervals

Objective 2 : Identify and construct key

signatures

Objective 3: Identify and construct diatonic

chords

SLO 3: Demonstrate knowledge of meter

and rhythm. Measure

Objective 1: Identify and construct time

signatures in simple and compound meter.
Objective 2: Identify and construct rhythms in
simple and compound meter.

Course Policies

Attendance: see attached syllabus

Assignments: see attached syllabus

Tests (include quizzes, exams, final exam, papers, projects, etc): see attached syllabus

Methods of Evaluation/Assessment: see attached syllabus

Grading Policy: see attached syllabus

Outline of Topics