2015

Theory in Performance Syllabus

Week 1a, Course overview, handout, approaches for improvisation, chord scales,
UNT/LNT, analysis, assignment, Intro Quiz

Week 1b, Ligon outlines, intro to melodic minor and harmonic minor modes, minor
harmony, assignment

Week 2a, continue melodic minor, start pentatonic scales, assignment

Week 2b, continue pentatonic scale, harmonic development, melodic development,
assignment

Week 3a, continue pentatonic scale, diminished scale, melodic development
continued, assignment

Week 3b, continue melodic development, symmetrical shapes, constant structure,
assignment

Week 4a, modal interchange

Week 4b, minor harmony

Week 5a, modal harmony

Week 5b, final quiz