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This page includes possible scheduling arrangements for the various lessons in this curriculum
This page includes possible scheduling arrangements for the various lessons in this curriculum.


== Four-Semester Schedules ==
==Four-Semester Schedules==


==== University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) ====
====Option 1====
{| class="wikitable"
This arrangement is currently being used at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
|+Theory I
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
|+First Year
!Week
!Week
!Topic(s)
!Theory I
!Week
!Theory II
|-
|-
|1
| style="width: 5%" |1
|[[Acoustics: Sound Creation & Propagation]], [[The Ear: Sound Reception]]
| style="width: 45%" |[[Acoustics: Sound Creation & Propagation]], [[The Ear: Sound Reception]]
| style="width: 5%" |1
| style="width: 45%" |[[Meters & Beats]], [[Poetic Meter & Text-Setting]]
|-
|-
|2
|2
|[[Recording Methods]], [[Frequency & Pitch]], [[Pitch Notation]]
|[[Recording Methods]], [[Frequency & Pitch]], [[Pitch Notation]]
|2
|[[Major Diatonic Harmony]], [[Melodic Writing & Harmony]]
|-
|-
|3
|3
|[[Loudness & Dynamics]], [[Timbre & Articulation]]
|[[Loudness & Dynamics]], [[Timbre & Articulation]]
|3
|[[Rhythm & Melody]], [[Motivic Development]]
|-
|-
|4
|4
|[[Instrument Families]], [[Melody & Texture]]
|[[Instrument Families]], [[Melody & Texture]]
|4
|[[Harmonic Cadences]], [[Harmonic Rhythm]]
|-
|-
|5
|5
|[[Duration, Rhythm, & Meter]], [[Rhythm Notation]]
|[[Duration, Rhythm, & Meter]], [[Rhythm Notation]]
|5
|[[Non-Harmonic Tones]], [[Phrase Forms]]
|-
|-
|6
|6
|[[Meter Notation]], [[Tonality: Scales & Chords]]
|[[Meter Notation]], [[Tonality: Scales & Chords]]
|6
|[[Minor & Modal Harmony]], [[Writing for Instruments & Transposition]]
|-
|-
|7
|7
|[[Major Scales & Key Signatures]], [[Minor Keys & Scales]]
|[[Major Scales & Key Signatures]], [[Minor Keys & Scales]]
|7
|[[Modal Melody]], [[Metrical Deviations & Dissonances]]
|-
|-
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|8
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|Midterm Review & Exam
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|9
|9
|[[Intervals]], [[Tuning Systems & Interval Ratios]]
|[[Intervals]], [[Tuning Systems & Interval Ratios]]
|9
|Spring Break
|-
|-
|10
|10
|[[Modes]], [[Solfège Systems]]
|[[Modes]], [[Solfège Systems]]
|10
|[[Meet the Composer]], [[Counterpoint]]
|-
|-
|11
|11
|[[Triads & Inversions]], [[Seventh Chords]]
|[[Triads & Inversions]], [[Seventh Chords]]
|11
|[[Harmonic Progressions & Syntax]], [[Formal Function]]
|-
|-
|12
|12
|[[Extended Harmonies & Popular Chords]], [[Roman Numeral Analysis]]
|[[Extended Harmonies & Popular Chords]], [[Roman Numeral Analysis]]
|12
|[[Improvisation & Performer Creativity]], [[Modulation]]
|-
|-
|13
|13
|[[Introduction to Melodic Harmonization]]
|[[Introduction to Melodic Harmonization]]
|13
|[[Tonicization]], [[Form in Popular Music]]
|-
|-
|14
|14
|Review & Thanksgiving Break
|Review & Thanksgiving Break
|14
|[[Scoring]], [[Texture, Timbre & Form]]
|-
|-
|15
|15
|Final Review & Exam
|Final Review & Exam
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Theory II
!Week
!Topic(s)
|-
|1
|[[Meters & Beats]], [[Poetic Meter & Text-Setting]]
|-
|2
|[[Major Diatonic Harmony]], [[Melodic Writing & Harmony]]
|-
|3
|[[Rhythm & Melody]], [[Motivic Development]]
|-
|4
|[[Harmonic Cadences]], [[Harmonic Rhythm]]
|-
|5
|[[Non-Harmonic Tones]], [[Phrase Forms]]
|-
|6
|[[Minor & Modal Harmony]], [[Writing for Instruments & Transposition]]
|-
|7
|[[Modal Melody]], [[Metrical Deviations & Dissonances]]
|-
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|-
|9
|Spring Break
|-
|10
|[[Meet the Composer]], [[Counterpoint]]
|-
|11
|[[Harmonic Progressions & Syntax]], [[Formal Function]]
|-
|12
|[[Improvisation & Performer Creativity]], [[Modulation]]
|-
|13
|[[Tonicization]], [[Form in Popular Music]]
|-
|14
|[[Scoring]], [[Texture, Timbre & Form]]
|-
|15
|15
|Final Review & Exam
|Final Review & Exam
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
|+Theory III
|+Second Year
!Week
!Week
!Topic(s)
!Theory III
!Week
!Theory IV
|-
|-
|1
| style="width: 5%" |1
|Review of Theory I & II
| style="width: 45%" |Review of Theory I & II
| style="width: 5%" |1
| style="width: 45%" |[[Electronic Instruments]], [[Synthesis]]
|-
|-
|2
|2
|[[Chromatic Harmony]], [[Other Scales]]
|[[Chromatic Harmony]], [[Other Scales]]
|2
|[[Sampling]], ''[[Musique Concrète]]''
|-
|-
|3
|3
|[[Large Forms]]
|[[Large Forms]]
|3
|[[Amplification & Distortion]], [[Filters & Effects]]
|-
|-
|4
|4
|[[The Music Business]], [[Genre]]
|[[The Music Business]], [[Genre]]
|4
|[[Vocal Modification]], [[Sequencing]]
|-
|-
|5
|5
|[[Rap]]
|[[Rap]]
|5
|[[Drum Machines]], [[Turntablism]]
|-
|-
|6
|6
|[[Film & Television Music]], [[Stage Music]]
|[[Film & Television Music]], [[Stage Music]]
|6
|[[Multiphonics]], [[Reverb]]
|-
|-
|7
|7
|[[Video Game Music]], [[Multimedia]]
|[[Video Game Music]], [[Multimedia]]
|7
|[[Studio Production]], [[Music and the Internet]]
|-
|-
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|8
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|Midterm Review & Exam
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|9
|9
|[[Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants]], [[Pandiatonicism & Soundmass]], [[Extended Techniques]]
|[[Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants]], [[Pandiatonicism & Soundmass]], [[Extended Techniques]]
|9
|Spring Break
|-
|-
|10
|10
|[[Quartal Harmony]], [[Emotion in Music]], [[Impressionism]]
|[[Quartal Harmony]], [[Emotion in Music]], [[Impressionism]]
|10
| rowspan="5" |Instructor's Choice
|-
|-
|11
|11
|[[Polytonality]], [[Polymeter]], [[Eclecticism, Quotation & Sampling]]
|[[Simultaneity]], [[Eclecticism, Quotation & Sampling]]
|11
|-
|-
|12
|12
|[[Atonality]], [[Serialism]], [[Set Theory]]
|[[Atonality]], [[Serialism]], [[Set Theory]]
|12
|-
|-
|13
|13
|[[Microtonality]], [[Colotomic Structures]]
|[[Microtonality]], [[Colotomic Structures]]
|13
|-
|-
|14
|14
|[[Minimalism]], Thanksgiving Break
|[[Minimalism]], Thanksgiving Break
|14
|-
|-
|15
|15
|Final Review & Exam
|Final Review & Exam
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Theory IV
!Week
!Topic(s)
|-
|1
|[[Electronic Instruments]], [[Synthesis]]
|-
|2
|[[Sampling]], ''[[Musique Concrète]]''
|-
|3
|[[Amplification & Distortion]], [[Filters & Effects]]
|-
|4
|[[Vocal Modification]], [[Sequencing]]
|-
|5
|[[Drum Machines]], [[Turntablism]]
|-
|6
|[[Multiphonics]], [[Reverb]]
|-
|7
|[[Studio Production]], [[Music and the Internet]]
|-
|8
|Midterm Review & Exam
|-
|9
|Spring Break
|-
|10
|rowspan="5"|Instructor's Choice
|-
|11
|-
|12
|-
|13
|-
|14
|-
|15
|15
|Final Review & Exam
|Final Review & Exam
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024

This page includes possible scheduling arrangements for the various lessons in this curriculum.

Four-Semester Schedules

Option 1

This arrangement is currently being used at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

First Year
Week Theory I Week Theory II
1 Acoustics: Sound Creation & Propagation, The Ear: Sound Reception 1 Meters & Beats, Poetic Meter & Text-Setting
2 Recording Methods, Frequency & Pitch, Pitch Notation 2 Major Diatonic Harmony, Melodic Writing & Harmony
3 Loudness & Dynamics, Timbre & Articulation 3 Rhythm & Melody, Motivic Development
4 Instrument Families, Melody & Texture 4 Harmonic Cadences, Harmonic Rhythm
5 Duration, Rhythm, & Meter, Rhythm Notation 5 Non-Harmonic Tones, Phrase Forms
6 Meter Notation, Tonality: Scales & Chords 6 Minor & Modal Harmony, Writing for Instruments & Transposition
7 Major Scales & Key Signatures, Minor Keys & Scales 7 Modal Melody, Metrical Deviations & Dissonances
8 Midterm Review & Exam 8 Midterm Review & Exam
9 Intervals, Tuning Systems & Interval Ratios 9 Spring Break
10 Modes, Solfège Systems 10 Meet the Composer, Counterpoint
11 Triads & Inversions, Seventh Chords 11 Harmonic Progressions & Syntax, Formal Function
12 Extended Harmonies & Popular Chords, Roman Numeral Analysis 12 Improvisation & Performer Creativity, Modulation
13 Introduction to Melodic Harmonization 13 Tonicization, Form in Popular Music
14 Review & Thanksgiving Break 14 Scoring, Texture, Timbre & Form
15 Final Review & Exam 15 Final Review & Exam
Second Year
Week Theory III Week Theory IV
1 Review of Theory I & II 1 Electronic Instruments, Synthesis
2 Chromatic Harmony, Other Scales 2 Sampling, Musique Concrète
3 Large Forms 3 Amplification & Distortion, Filters & Effects
4 The Music Business, Genre 4 Vocal Modification, Sequencing
5 Rap 5 Drum Machines, Turntablism
6 Film & Television Music, Stage Music 6 Multiphonics, Reverb
7 Video Game Music, Multimedia 7 Studio Production, Music and the Internet
8 Midterm Review & Exam 8 Midterm Review & Exam
9 Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants, Pandiatonicism & Soundmass, Extended Techniques 9 Spring Break
10 Quartal Harmony, Emotion in Music, Impressionism 10 Instructor's Choice
11 Simultaneity, Eclecticism, Quotation & Sampling 11
12 Atonality, Serialism, Set Theory 12
13 Microtonality, Colotomic Structures 13
14 Minimalism, Thanksgiving Break 14
15 Final Review & Exam 15 Final Review & Exam