PAA is offering a summer intensive Music Theory course for students that are interested in studying music in college, want a leg up before taking AP Music Theory, or would like to lock in skills they learned this past year in school!
The skills we will explore will help students prepare for All-State auditions, make them better sight-readers, improve the ability to interpret and perform music effectively, as well as write songs of their own!
We will introduce and refresh your understanding of chords and chord progressions, listening skills, key signatures, time signatures, and musical form.
CURRICULUM
Day 1
Fundamentals 1
Pitch, Major Scales, Key Signatures, Circle of Fifths, Rhythm, Meter
Day 2
Fundamentals 2
Minor Scales, Key Signatures, Texture, Circle of Fifths
Day 3
Fundamentals 3
Triads, Seventh Chords, Inversions, Roman Numerals, Figured Bass
Day 4
Voice-Leading 1
Voice Leading Norms, Cadences, Phrases
Day 5
Voice-Leading 2
Chord Progressions, Chorales, Analysis