Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: MUS 145A and concurrent enrollment in an appropriate level piano class, MUS 120, MUS 121, or MUS 128.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in MUS 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This basic music theory and ear training course teaches students to read and write musical notation and develops related listening skills. The course incorporates the following concepts: rhythm, meter, and pitch notation; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; key signatures; diatonic chords, basic cadential formulas and phrase structure; and dominant seventh. Students can contact the Music Department for a placement exam to test into higher levels. C-ID MUS-125. (Formerly MUS 100).