Music Theory for Choir

List of Music Theory Units

Music Theory - What a choir student should know...

In the course of a year in choir, students are expected to know how to navigate through a piece of music and know some very basic musical terms essential to do that. This includes

Naming the notes of the Treble and/or Bass clef (depends on the choir)
Identifying and singing solfege syllables/scale degrees
- Introduction - why solfege?
- Solfege practice
- Sightreading Factory - practice for free
Identifying music symbols and what they mean (including dynamic and tempo terms)
- List of music symbols and terms (wikepedia)
- Music Symbols explained
  - See handout below (Final Exam Study Guide) for a helpful guide).
Identifying and naming key signatures
Rhythm Basics

Sightreading Lessons online:

EXCELLENT RESOURCE:

Music Theory Website with interactive activities to reinforce the learning: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises

MORE ADVANCED MUSIC THEORY - see Advanced Section

Advanced Theory (College Prep) - for students planning to study music

If a student would like to learn more advanced music theory concepts, especially if they are planning to Major or Minor in music in college, they are encouraged to take the Music Theory course offered at Riverdale. But below are some excellent resources for independent learning to prepare you for the college courses.

Advanced Music Theory Activities at MusicTheory.net:

Web Sits and Additional References for Music Theory Review/Practice

www.musictheory.net

Recommended APPS for your phone: 1) Music Theory Pro, 2) Theory Calc, 3)Musicopoulos, 4) SolFi Pro, 5) Music theory 6) Music Tool, 7) Piano Companion

Please let us know if you know of other good apps.

Music Theory class: Here are some great videos to supplement our learning for each unit:

Unit 1 Staff Notes Treble Bass	Unit 2 Note Values Basics Rhythms Basics of Counting	Unit 3 Meter, dotted half, ties/slurs
Unit 4 Symbols, eighth notes dotted quarter Music Terms, Symbols, Meaning	Unit 5 Dynamics, Tempo, Articulation	Unit 6 Sharps, Flats, Natural
Unit 7 Major Scale - Pattern explained Tetrachords, major scales Key Signatures - flats Key Signatures - sharps	Unit 8 Major Scales Chromatic, Intervals (beginner), Circle of Fifths Circle of Fifths Circle of Fifths	Unit 9 Intervals (keyboard) Intervals-1 (major-perfect) Intervals-2 (minor, augmented, diminished) Tri-Tones explained Solfege (class project 2013) Transposition
Unit 10 Sixteenth, Dotted Eighth Common/Cut Time Note Names, Rests & Dotted Notes	Unit 11 3/8 and 6/8, Triplets, Pick-up notes	Unit 12 Triads, Scale Degrees, Dominant 7th Chord
Unit 13 Inversions (see video for Dominant 7th chord), Figured Bass How to correctly write the hugging notes (2nd) in Dom 7th chords	Unit 14 Minor Scales, (basic) Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Minor, Aug, Dim Triads	Unit 15 MODES
Unit 16 Major keys - harmonizing, Broken chords, passing & neighboring tones	Unit 17 Minor keys - harmonizing, composing, Blues scale	Unit 18 Forms - Binary Ternary Rondo
College Theory Check-List - are you prepared for your College Theory Class? MTSU List		Donald Duck - Mathmagic Land Connecting music and math!