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Beginning Music Theory and Composition

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10 sessions

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This series ended on June 13, 2025. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

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Introduces the fundamentals of organized sound, emphasizing rules of Western music composition and offering opportunities to create original works. Students will develop the ability to describe, understand, and recognize aspects of tonal music, and skills in sight-singing, dictation/aural, written aspects, composition, and analytical areas. Students will be exposed to a variety of exercises designed to develop these skills including listening, performance, writing, creating, and analyzing music. While the main emphasis is placed on music of the Common Practice Period (1600-1750), music of other stylistic periods may also be studied. Explores use of technology for composition.

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Hi! I am Ryan! I am a tutor with 7 years of teaching experience! I hold a CPD Accredited diploma in music theory and I am a string orchestra composer and conductor! Future Music Professor at one of the top 20 universities in the country!!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss sessions but if you must, please notify me 12 hours prior.

SESSION 1

2

Jun

SESSION 1

Art

Mon 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 2, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Introduction, Start basic Music History and reading notation and terms

SESSION 2

3

Jun

SESSION 2

Art

Tue 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 3, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Start identifying and notating rhythms, including sixteenth notes and meter

SESSION 3

4

Jun

SESSION 3

Art

Wed 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 4, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Naturals, flats, sharps, enharmonic pitches in treble and bass clef, including ledger lines

SESSION 4

5

Jun

SESSION 4

Art

Thu 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 5, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Major and Minor Keys, Perfect Intervals, Scales, Chords

SESSION 5

6

Jun

SESSION 5

Art

Fri 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 6, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Cadences, form, musical expression, volume/intensity

SESSION 6

9

Jun

SESSION 6

Art

Mon 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 9, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Demonstrate characteristics of music through original composition

SESSION 7

10

Jun

SESSION 7

Art

Tue 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 10, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments

SESSION 8

11

Jun

SESSION 8

Art

Wed 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 11, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Improvise up to 2 bars of short melodic ideas with scalar/chordal motives

SESSION 9

12

Jun

SESSION 9

Art

Thu 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 12, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Work on Composition Projects and Review

SESSION 10

13

Jun

SESSION 10

Study Spaces

Fri 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM UTCJun 13, 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM UTC

Beginning Music Theory and Composition End of Course Assessment

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Jun 2 - Jun 13

2 weeks

60 - 80 mins

/ session

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Mondays

3:00PM

Tuesdays

3:00PM

Wednesdays

3:00PM

Thursdays

3:00PM

Fridays

3:00PM