Applied Music includes the following four movements:
Theory: This session is designed to develop harmonic understanding, which would include a complete study of intervals, chord construction, chord voicing, harmonized scales and modes of the Major, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor and Diminished scales within an instrumental application.
Ear Training: Music is really all about hearing. An internal sense of pitch, rhythm, dynamics, etc. You use your ear to recognize notes, intervals, chords, major/minor tonality, scales and so forth. A musical ear is the single most important skill for musicians, but most musicians have poor aural skills because they do not practice ear training. Ear training develops greater musicality, confidence and enjoyment of music. You will experience that a musical ear helps you when you play music, sing, notate, improvise, compose and transcribe. Ear training will give you a better understanding of all the things you are doing with music.
Music Appreciation: Designed to introduce students to a wide variety of musical genres, productions and performances and encourage them to articulate their observations and maybe even present a piece of recorded music to the class and defend it and/or critique it. In addition, music history will be incorporated for the purpose of understanding the development and progression of musical styles and their roots.
Syncopation: A drill class where students learn to read rhythm. Students play several exercises and participate in dictation drills that can help them in sight-reading, regardless of their instrument. The session will also include identifying note names, key signatures, time signatures and rhythms.
Tuition: $60.00
