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Welcome to Music Theory 21c, a collaborative wiki for sharing ideas and resources pertaining to a new curricular approach to undergraduate music theory.

== About this site ==

This site is managed by Stefanie Acevedo and Toby Rush, who both teach Music Theory at the University of Dayton.

At the 2020 annual conference of Music Theory Midwest, we presented a new approach to undergraduate music theory which we have put into place at the University of Dayton. During and after the presentation, we were delighted to hear from others in the field who were interested in pursuing similar efforts in their own curricula.

The first step in our process toward creating a textbook to support our new curriculum was to create a list of resources — course objectives, worksheets, research, software, and so on. We realized that opening this process to others would not only allow us to benefit from the diversity of talents that our curricular approach celebrates, but it would allow others to reap the same benefits. This site is the product of that decision.

== How the site works ==

The core of the wiki are the Lesson Pages, each of which is devoted to a specific lesson topic. A lesson may comprise one or more days of classroom instruction. See [[Sample Schedules]] for some possible arrangements.

Each Lesson Page has six sections: 
* Objectives, which lists relevant lesson objectives;
* Resources, which lists learning resources such as reference documents or external resources;
* Class Activities, which includes lecture notes and other activities for in-class learning;
* Assignments, which include individual worksheets and other assignments for student practice and assimilation;
* Assessments, which might contain quizzes or questions for exams; and
* Notes, which can include general information about the lesson.

Discussion among authors about specific lessons should be included on the page's Talk page rather than in the page itself.

== How to participate ==

You are welcome to use any and all content on this site in your own courses, and to modify it for your own use. You may also republish this material in whole or in part, but you must include proper attribution of the original. For more information, see [[Music Theory 21c:Copyrights]].

You are also welcome to add to or edit this wiki. Please do not remove any material; if you find erroneous or inappropriate information, please contact one of the editors.

By adding content directly to the wiki, you agree to release under the license that governs the entire site. You may also add links to external resources, which may have any type of license; however, we encourage you to link to open and accessible resources whenever possible.

== Lessons ==

=== Theory I ===

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* [[Acoustics: Sound Creation & Propagation]]
* [[The Ear: Sound Reception]]
* [[Recording Methods]]
* [[Pitch & Timbre]]
* [[Dynamics & Articulation]]
* [[Melody & Texture]]
* [[Rhythm & Meter]]
* [[Tonality: Scales & Chords]]
* [[Phrase & Form]]
* [[Rhythm Notation]]
* [[Meter Notation]]
* [[Pitch Notation]]
* [[Other Notation Systems]]
* [[Tuning Systems]]
* [[Major Scales & Key Signatures]]
* [[Diatonic Intervals]]
* [[Minor Keys & Scales]]
* [[Chromatic Intervals]]
* [[Modes]]
* [[Triads & Inversions]]
* [[Seventh Chords]]
* [[Extended Harmonies & Popular Chords]]
* [[Roman Numeral Analysis]]

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=== Theory II ===

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* [[Meters & Beats]]
* [[Poetic Meter & Text-Setting]]
* [[Major Diatonic Harmony]]
* [[Melodic Writing & Harmony]]
* [[Rhythm & Melody]]
* [[Motivic Development]]
* [[Harmonic Cadences]]
* [[Harmonic Rhythm]]
* [[Non-Harmonic Tones]]
* [[Phrase Forms]]
* [[Minor & Modal Harmony]]
* [[Writing for Instruments & Transposition]]
* [[Modal Melody]]
* [[Metrical Deviations & Dissonances]]
* [[Meet the Composer]]
* [[Counterpoint]]
* [[Harmonic Progressions & Syntax]]
* [[Formal Function]]
* [[Improvisation & Performer Creativity]]
* [[Modulation]]
* [[Tonicization]]
* [[Form in Popular Music]]
* [[Scoring]]
* [[Texture, Timbre & Form]]

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=== Theory III ===

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* [[Chromatic Harmony]]
* [[Other Scales]]
* [[Large Forms]]
* [[The Music Business]]
* [[Genre]]
* [[Rap]]
* [[Film & Television Music]]
* [[Stage Music]]
* [[Video Game Music]]
* [[Multimedia]]
* [[Pantriadicism & Third Relations]]
* [[Pandiatonicism & Soundmass]]
* [[Extended Techniques]]
* [[Quartal Harmony]]
* [[Emotion in Music]]
* [[Impressionism]]
* [[Polytonality]]
* [[Polymeter]]
* [[Eclecticism, Quotation & Sampling]]
* [[Atonality]]
* [[Serialism]]
* [[Set Theory]]
* [[Microtonality]]
* [[Colotomic Structures]]
* [[Minimalism]]

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=== Theory IV ===

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* [[Electronic Instruments]]
* [[Synthesis]]
* [[Sampling]]
* ''[[Musique Concrète]]''
* [[Amplification & Distortion]]
* [[Filters & Effects]]
* [[Vocal Modification]]
* [[Sequencing]]
* [[Drum Machines]]
* [[Turntablism]]
* [[Multiphonics]]
* [[Reverb]]
* [[Studio Production]]
* [[Music and the Internet]]
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