Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre

Chapter 1 - The staff, treble clef, pitches on the staff, solfege and sight-singing
Chapter 2 - Rhythm - whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes
Chapter 3 - The piano keyboard, accidentals, whole and half steps, major scales
Chapter 4 - The Circle of 5ths and major key signatures
Review of chapters 1-4 and Performance Tips (Tempo)
Chapter 5 - Intervals - seconds and thirds and phrase shapes
Chapter 6 - Intervals - fourths, fifths, and octaves; Rhythm - sixteenth notes
Chapter 7 - Intervals - sixths and sevenths; Rhythm - rests
Chapter 8 - diminished and augmented intervals; Rhythm - syncopation
Review of chapters 5-8 and Performance Tips (Musical Markings)
Chapter 9 - Rhythm - ties, dotted notes, 2/4 and 3/4 time; Song Analysis
Chapter 10 - Major triads; introduction to Bass Clef and the Grand Staff
Chapter 11 - I, IV, V progression; chord tones and non-chord tones; Song Analysis
Chapter 12 - Transpositions; Rhythm - triplets
Review of chapters 9-12 and Performance Tips (Repeats, Endings and Codas)
Chapter 13 - Minor, Diminished and Augmented triads; Cut-time; chromatic solfege
Chapter 14 - I, vi, ii, V, I progression; harmonizing a melody
Chapter 15 - Inversions of triads
Chapter 16 - Progressions with inversions; choral analysis
Review of chapters 13 -16 and Performance Tips (The Music Department)
Chapter 17 - Dominant 7th chords; V of V chords; Suspended chords; Song Analysis
Chapter 18 - Minor Key signatures and natural minor scales
Chapter 19 - Harmonic minor scales and melodic minor scales: Song Analysis
Chapter 20 - Minor Chord progressions; Song Analysis
Review of chapters 17-20 and Performance Tips (Song Form)
Chapter 21 - Major, Minor, Half-Diminished, and Diminished Seventh chords
Chapter 22 - Compound time
Chapter 23 - More compound time; Song Analysis
Chapter 24 - Song Analysis; Orchestration