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300 What is the difference between beat and rhythm?
300 What is a time signature?
300 What is the difference between simple and compound meter?
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400 In Music Tech I, the students will learn the basics of rhythmic notation.  The topics of times signatures and how note values change according to the time signature, meter (simple and compound), dotted rhythms, tied rhythms, and syncopation will be covered and explored.  Students will practice these skills using the Music Lessons I computer programs as well as composing short rhythm only exercises.  The number system will be introduced and executed to aid in counting. (1 2e+a 3+ 4) 
500 In Music Tech I, the student will:
500      -Demonstrate the ability to clap rhythmic examples in both simple and compound meters 
500      -Compose short rhythmic excerpts in both simple and compound meter
500      -label beats and rests in rhythmic examples using the number system 
500      -Compose and perform dotted rhythms
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600 Students will:
600      -Practice rhythmic skills using the Music Lessons I computer program
600      -Compose and perform rhythmic examples using the number system in counting
600      -Listen to music containing complex rhythms to include syncopation, dotted rhythms and meter changes 
600      -Listen to music composed in both simple and compound meters
600      -Compose rhythmic examples in both simple and compound meters
600      -Compose rhythmic examples using syncopation, tied notes and dotted rhythms
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700 Assessments will include:
700      -Student self tests using the Music Lessons I computer program
700      -Graded rhythmic compositions in both simple and compound meter
700      -Graded performances of rhythmic examples in both simple and compound meter
700      -Class participation
700      -Quizes and tests on note and rest values, time signatures and meter
820 Chapters , "Tonal Harmony, 4th Edition" (1990), Stefan Kostka & Dorothy Payne, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-241996-2
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820 Lesson , "Practical THEORY Complete" (1982), Sandy Feldstein, Alfred Publishing Co, Inc., ISBN 0-88284-225-0
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820 Music Lessons I Computer Software
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