Group 1 -- Major and minor scales and key signatures to three sharps and three flats
Group 2 -- Major and minor Scales and modes review and drill, interval review and drill, ear training

Listening examples: Schubert-Liszt: "Erlkonig"
Abba: Souper Trouper

Weeks 3 and 4

Group 1 -- Continue theory drills, introduce intervals and ear training
Group 2 -- Begin work in "Theory Time", a self-paced theory workbook

Clementi biography and quiz

Listening examples to be determined in class cooperatively

Weeks 5 and 6

Group 1 -- Continue theory drills, intervals. Introduce major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads
Group 2 --Continue self-paced work in "Theory Time"

Henry Mancini biography and quiz

Listening examples to be determined in class cooperatively

Weeks 7 and 8

Group 1 -- Introduce scale degrees (Tonic, Supertonic, etc.) and Roman Numeral nomenclature
Group 2 -- Continue self-paced work in "Theory Time"

Scott Joplin biography and quiz

Listening examples to be determined in class cooperatively

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