Semester 1 – Theory of Music –Paper 1
Basic concepts and Terminology
Unit 1
Scale Degrees, Tetra chords, Note values ,Dotted notes ,Ledger Lines, Clef – Treble and Bass Writing all the notes, dotted notes (including ledger line notes) in Treble clef and Bass clef.
Unit 2
Pitch,Tones, semitones,Intervals, Diatonic,Bars, bars lines, double bars,Time signatures.
Unit 3
Accidentals ,Rests and dotted rests,Study of enharmonics ,Major key study – C Major G, F, Minor – A,E,D
Unit 4
Key signatures, Cycle of fifth ,Chromatic scales ,Pentatonic scales ,Blues scale
Unit 5
Arpeggios, Dynamic, Articulations ,Cadences (perfect, imperfect and plagal) ,Triads