Goals and Objectives for Music Theory and Technology Class

Students will be introduced to the creative use of music technology and the fundamentals of music using synthesizers, computers, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) keyboards, sequencers, and the appropriate software. Students will learn to use the equipment through a hands-on lab experience and to create their own compositions. Areas of instruction will include the fundamentals of music notation, ear training, theory, composition and the basics of synthesizing and MIDI sequencing. In addition to their experience at the workstations in the music lab students will study the basics of music theory to give them a foundation in the fundamentals of music.

Students who successfully complete the course will: 1) understand the basic uses of technology in the creative process of music composition, 2) compose music with the computer and MIDI equipment, 3) understand the fundamentals of music notation, 4) acquire the ability to use music notation software, 5) learn the rudiments of music theory, and, 6) gain the vocabulary necessary to intelligently discuss the use of electronic equipment in the composition of music and the creative process involved.