ONLINE MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS
MUS 101-001      3 CREDITS
Summer Session  June 16-August 8, 2008
Instructor:  Dr. James McKeever   james.mckeever@uwp.edu    phone:  595-2562

UPDATES TO PAGE:

June 19, 2008

Link to page for extra comprehension & learning: omf.links.html

June 6, 2008

Emails for Class : Please have 101 in the subject of all emails

Please use your UWP rangermail email address

May 25, 2008:

If you do not see your course listed on the registration page, it is because...

  1. Courses typically open for registration 1 week before the official start date of the course. It maybe too early to register for your course. If you do not see your course listed 3 days before the official start date, please contact us.
  2. If your course has already started, your instructor's registration deadline may have passed. Please contact your instructor to confirm the registration deadline and have him/her email us if they are going to allow you to register late.

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Once you are registered for this class, please correspond with your UW-Parkside email address.

To order course material ($99.95 for cd-rom for 2008)
http://www.store.connect4education.com : ON MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS (green case) (ISBN-10: 0-9720627-1-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9720627-1-8)

COURSE INFO

This course has been designed and structured for students with very little or no musical background.  It aims to provide you with the tools for a basic understanding of music. This understanding of basic concept properties of music will undoubtedly lead to better enjoyment of music.

Lectures, exercises, and evaluation components are all part of this new program.

Two exams must each be completed during specific four days periods, however all other lessons, assignments, and quizzes can be completed at any time, day or night.

Main objectives of this course are to learn the following aspects of music theory:

  1. The Keyboard
  2. Notation, The Staff, and Melody
  3. Clefs
  4. Major Scales
  5. Key Signatures
  6. Minor Scales
  7. Intervals ( nine lessons of  no credit to practice on intervals)
  8. Triads and The Dominant Seventh Chord
  9. Introduction to Rhythm and Meter

Each new topic will be combined with your visual perception (the keyboard, the staff, etc.) as well as your aural perception (listening). 

The MOST important thing in GETTING  STARTED with ONLINE MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS  is to secure the CD-ROM which has all the information you will need for this class: all texts and interactive links, practice sessions, reviews, aural and visual training sessions, etc. plus  all  the software you  might need to add for the program’s execution.

You can simply order ONLINE  (with free shipping) at the link above.  Make sure you ask for the CD called ON MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS (green case) (ISBN-10: 0-9720627-1-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9720627-1-8)  and NOT Music Appreciation or History.

You will get a number inside the CD case which you send to icubedonline.com  and you automatically will be entered into the program’s class-roll. Your instructor has full access to your work and will be online to help you as well as the full support of a tech group from the Connect4education Company

Basically, this program gives you quizzes at the end of each unit and a final which consist of those same questions.  This system has been proven to be very effective and you can be assured of a good grade if you “keep up” and ask your instructor for help when needed.