Have you ever wondered why you love certain parts of music or if you could document the musical ideas that are in your head? This class delves into the rudiments of melodies, chords, harmonies, and styles from the standpoints of listening, writing, reading, analyzing, and composing. There was a common set of practices for composing music that lasted for nearly 300 years – what were those practices, and what came before and after that time period? What do key signatures, time signatures, and scales mean, and how do they relate to one another? This is the class for that kind of exploration.