Class Syllabus

I.                 Musical Instruments (classification)

1)                Idiophones

2)                Membranophones

3)                Areophones

4)                Chordophones

5)                Electrophones

II.               Musical Instruments (types)

1)                Stringed

2)                Woodwind

3)                Brass

4)                Percussion

5)                Keyboard

6)                Electronic

III.             Music History (Western Music)

1)                Antiquity

2)                The Middle Ages (medieval) 800 -1400

3)                The Renaissance 1400 -1600

4)                Baroque 1600 -1750

5)                Classical 1750 - 1820

6)                Romantic 1820 -1900

7)                20^th Century

8)                Modern (rock, metal, rap, country, hip hop)

9)                Non Western Music

A – Composers

B – Musical Identification & Recognition

IV.          The Orchestra

V.           Reading Music

1)            Notes

2)            Staff

3)            Notation

4)           Number System

VI.          Musical Application – Learn to play

VII.            Stage and Reproduction

1)                Drum Machines

2)                Amps

3)                Effects

4)                P.A.

5)                Digital Recording