THEORY / AURAL SKILLS SEQUENCES

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• Coordinate and Expand the Theory/Ear Training Sequence Pathways

  • Seamless flow from one course to the next of current sequences

  • Following development/expansion of the Commercial Music Program,
    there could be a separate theory path after the first 3-4 semesters: 

    • Two  “Popular/Contemporary Music Theory” courses

    • separate curriculum and materials

      • modern composition/song writing (forms)

      • jazz harmony

      • improvisation (pop, jazz, world)

      • concomitant Aural Skills classes (see below)

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• Ear Training sequence would incorporate

  • popular/contemporary and global influences at end of the sequence

  • rigorous, online, subscription-based computer assisted learning (Auralia)

  • post-tonal materials

  • popular/commercial music materials (last two semesters)

    • popular music terminology and applications

    • fluency in identification/perception of harmonic materials/progressions

    • application of popular chord symbols. 

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• Composition/Theory Degree under the BM degree paths