# Calendar

## Texts

Bamberger. Developing Musical Intuitions. (DMI)

Bamberger. The Mind Behind the Musical Ear. (MBME)

## Introduction

### Assignments:

> Reading:
> Introduction to DMI and Introduction to Part I.

> Listening:
> Pp. 35-51

> To do:
> Projects 1.1 & 1.2 (Pp. 7-34)

> > Paper 1 -- Projects 1.1 & 1.2
> > Paper Due: Class #2 of Week 2

### I.

Weeks 1-2
Melodic Structure

Week 1:

> Class #1:
> Introduction to Impromptu

> Class #2:
> Introduction to composing your own tunes
> Shared musical structures

Week 2:
Assignment:

> Reading: Basics1

> Class #1:
> Listening examples
> Discussion of Basics1

> Class #2:
> Discussion and performance of student tunes
> Due Today: Paper 1

### II.

Weeks 3-5
Rhythmic Structure
Simples: Beat, Metric Hierarchies

Assignments:

> Reading:
> Introduction to Part II of DMI.
> MBME: Pp. 24-44 -- In Class #2 of Week 5

> To do: Projects 2.1 & 2.2 (Pp. 67-98)
> In Class #2 of Week 4

> Listening: Pp. 64-66

Week 3:

> Class #1:
> Holiday

> Class #2:
> Continued discussion and performance of student tunes
> Introduction to rhythmic structure
> Introduction to Drummer

Week 4:
Assignment:

> Reading:
> Basics 2: In Class#1 of Week 5
> Hasty. Meter as Rhythm. (Pp. 1-13) (Handout)
> Discussion in Class #2 of Week 5

> Class #1:
> The metric hierarchy; figural and metric structures.

> Listening:
> Bhimpalasi & Hindemith: Beat and non-beat
> Lanner & Sousa--triple and duple meter

> Class #2:
> Performance and discussion of percussion pieces
> Due Today: Project 2.1 and 2.2

Week 5:

> Class #1:
> Performance and discussion of percussion pieces (cont.)
> Rhythm notations: similarities and differences

> Class #2:
> Discussion of Hasty
> Inventing rhythm notations (MBME -- pp. 24-44)
> Multiple meanings of "fast" and "slow"

### Weeks 6-7

Rhythm 2
Complexity

Assignment:

> To do:
> Project 2.3 (Pp. 99-100; 118-122)

> > Paper Due: Class #2 of Week 7

> Listening (Pp. 109-118; 123-129)

Week 6:

> Class #1:
> Holiday

> Class #2:
> Making and playing percussion accompaniments
> Introduction to rhythmic conflict
> Listening: 109-118

Week 7:

> Class #1:
> Rhythmic complexity;
> Listening: pp. 123-129

> Class #2:
> Discussion and performance of student pieces.
> Due Today: Paper 2

### III.

Weeks 8-10
Pitch Relations

Assignment:

> Reading:
> Introduction to Part III of DMI (Pp 136-143)

> To do:
> Project 3.1
> Discussion in Class #2 of Week #8

Week 8:

> Class #1:
> Introduction to Intervals and structure of scales.

> Class #2:
> Tonic function and 1->5->1.
> Project 3.1 in Class Today

Week 9:
Assignment:

> Reading:
> Some Basics 3: pp. 200-211

> Reading and doing:
> Project 3.2
> Due in Class #2 of Week #10

> Class #1:
> Analysis of Examples 3.1-3.5 and the pervasiveness of 1->5->1: pp. 187-199.

> Class #2:
> Discussion of final projects

Week 10:

> Class #1:
> Holiday

> Class #2:
> Review of Basics 3 and Projects 3.1 and 3.2.
> Quiz: Scales, keys, key signatures, circle of fifths, etc.

### IV.

Weeks 11-13
Making Music Out of Theory

Assignment:

> Reading:
> Introduction to Part 4: p. 213

> Reading and doing:
> Project 4.1 pp. 214-219

> To do:
> Project 4.2

> Paper 3: Due Class #1 of Week #12

Week 11:

> Class #1:
> Listening and analysis of large-scale compositions
> Beethoven Quartet Op. 59 #2
> Discussion of final projects

> Class #2:
> Discussion of Project 4.1 pieces
> Discussion of final projects

Week 12:

> Class #1:
> Discussion and performance of Project 4.2 pieces
> Due Today: Paper 3

> Class #2:
> Continuation

Weeks 13-14:

> Class #1 - Class #2:
> Final projects