This course presents the rudiments of music (elements of notation, the staff, clefs, scales, chromatic signs, intervals and their inversions, rhythms and rhythmic patterns, time and key signatures, and basic chords and chord structures), utilizing textbook author Andrew Gerles accessible method for teaching singer-actors to learn a score more quickly and understand the connection between storytelling and music. This course is ideal for aspiring musicians and general education students who have a passion for stage music and want to develop their music literacy. Pre-requisite for MUSC 151. AE