This class is for students looking to further explore the interactions between and nuances of harmony and melody. Students will learn how to identify intervals, construct chords, develop melodies, create and reharmonize chord progressions, read notes on a staff, and further develop their understanding of intermediate music theory. The class will focus on triads, 7th and extended harmony chords, non-chord tones, leading tones and chromaticism, modes and atypical scales, intermodal exchange/borrowed chords, ear training, and expression. This class will require note taking and focused independent study. Students must have taken Rhythm Nation in Fall Term in order to register for this class.

The intermediate/advanced band. Students will continue to develop their individual instrument skills and further integrate themselves into a music performance environment. Students will be encouraged to undertake more challenging songs and focus more on critically listening to their bandmates to create a unified sound.