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Music Theory I

Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Music Theory I
Subject: Music
Grade Level(s): 10-12
 
Synopsis of Curriculum

This course is designed for the serious music student. It will include introduction to sight singing, melodic, and harmonic dictation, harmony, the elements of melody and rhythm, and other various components of basic theory. Students will be expected to sing with the class as well as solo. This course would be recommended for the student considering majoring in music in college.

Units of Study Titles

Fundamentals of Music

Notation

Key Signatures and Accidentals

Time Signatures and Note Durations

Harmony and Texture plus Analysis

Composition

Aural Skills

Keyboard