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Music Theory

Music Theory I

Course Number: 
MUS 151
Area: 
Music
Semester Offered: 
F/S

This course focuses on the fundamentals of Western music, including writing, understanding and analysis of notation. Students examine rhythm, meters, clefs, keys signatures, major/minor scales, triads and chord inversions. Students study music symbols, intervals seventh chords, tonality, forms, harmonization, and keyboard layout. The laboratory component of this course covers basic piano skills to reinforce the concepts taught in music theory lectures.

Credits: 
4
Prerequisites: 
Placement into college level English
Please Note: 
Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory

Music Theory II

Course Number: 
MUS 152
Area: 
Music
Semester Offered: 
F/S

This course emphasizes diatonic harmony, including seventh chords, figured bass, and cadences. Students study voice leading, outer-voice framework, four-voice part writing, the choral, and dominant and non-dominant seventh chords are introduced. Students examine chromatic harmony, secondary functions, secondary dominants, secondary leading-tones chords, melody harmonization, modulation, binary, and ternary forms. Students focus on listening, analysis, and composition. The laboratory component of this course covers aural/visual development and proficiency skills to reinforce the concepts taught in music theory lectures.

Credits: 
4
Prerequisites: 
MUS 151
Please Note: 
Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory
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