1. What is this class about?
Music (duh)
Theory
How music is constructed and formed
How to read it
History
Periods of music
Famous composers and works
American genres
Composition
How to compose a song using formula
Performance
How to play an instrument/vocalize
Psychological considerations

2. Key Points of the Syllabus
Course Expectations
Present, Prompt, Prepared, Poised, and Positive!!!!!
Course Outcomes
Music and historical impact
Aesthetic judgement
Perceive, perform, respond to music
Limits
Food, electronics, apparel
IT AIN’T EASY!!!
Class inbox by the door (not in the syllabus)

3. What is MUSIC?
sounds that produce effect: sounds, usually produced by instruments or voices, that are arranged or played in order to create an effect
art of arranging sounds: the art of arranging or making sounds, usually those of musical instruments or voices, so as to create an effect

4. Sound . . . something audible: something that can be heard
vibrations sensed by ear: vibrations traveling through air, water, or some other medium, especially those within the range of frequencies that can be perceived by the human ear.

5. Music vs. Noise
unpleasant sound: a loud, surprising, irritating, or unwanted sound
any sound: any sound or combination of sounds
noise is a mostly unwanted random addition to a signal; it is called noise as a generalization of the acoustic noise

6. How we hear . . . Sound travels through space Sound enters the ear
Compression and rarefaction
Sound enters the ear
Through the pinna, channeled through canal
Waves converted into mechanical vibrations
Tympanic membrane
Mechanical vibrations amplified
3 bones of inner ear
Hammer, anvil, and stirrup
Vibrations changed into electrical impulses
Snail-shaped

7. Sound Travel
Compression
Rarefaction
Wavelength