Description
Music Theory Classroom
is a four-course, one- to two-year music theory curriculum designed for high-school and homeschool students. It covers the material studied by music majors in the first one to two years of college, but it is structured so that a diligent student can complete it in three 14-week terms.
The four courses in the curriculum include: two
Fundamentals
courses which are intended to be taken concurrently, followed by
Diatonic Harmony
and then
Chromatic Harmony
. Each course has 28 lessons, so the recommended pace is approximately two lessons per week (when taking the
Fundamentals
courses, this means two lessons from each of the two courses). Students should feel free to move more slowly if the material is completely new.
This is
Part 3
of the
Fundamentals of Rhythm
course. Students are assumed to have already mastered many aspects of rhythm (see above). If you have not mastered these, you should consider starting with either
Part 1
or
Part 2
.
Note: Some lesson numbers appear out of order. Even though they're distributed across the three parts of the course, the lessons are numbered in the suggested order.
For a more complete description of the curriculum, check the
MusicTheoryClassroom dot com
website.
Requrirements
Requirements
This course is for students who can already read and understand most rhythms well, including the following:
Simple meter (time signatures like 4/4)
Tied notes
Dotted and double-dotted notes
How to correctly beam eighth notes
Notation of syncopation
Tempo and metronome markings
Tempo alterations
Simple meter where the quarter note is not the beat
How to follow a score and read a musical map
Basic rhythms in compound meter (time signatures like 6/8)
Compound meter where the dotted quarter is not the beat
If you have not mastered these topics, you may need to take Fundamentals of Rhythm Parts 1 and 2.