In this course, students explore the fundamentals of music, including the elements of pitch and rhythm, music notation, intervals, triads and inversions, seventh chords, scales, harmonic progression, and basic principles of voice leading. With 111, this course forms the introduction to the music major. Registration for 113 requires concurrent registration in Music 161 unless a student has either passed the Piano I equivalency examination or placed out of Music 161. Offered Fall Semester.