1. Rhythm, beat, meter, accent, syncopation, tempo. Listen to i got rhythm, george gershwin, unsquare dance, dave brubeck. Music notation: pitch, rhythm, the musical score, basic musical terms and melody. Listen to over the rainbow, harold arlen. The basic building blocks of nearly all musical compositions. Could you see the way these elements are commonly notated or communicated? How does a piece of music give a feeling of unity along with variety and surprise?

2. Music in the middle ages 450-1450: gregorian chant. Listen to alleluia: vidimus stellam. Listen to hildegard of bingen, o successors. Why was music mostly if not all vocal during this period in history? Explain why only men were singing and later boys being added to the choir. Why were instruments frowned on? When did women begin singing in the choirs?