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MUSA 224 Music Theory IV

Previously MUSC 211A. The final course in the four-semester Music Theory sequence, Music Theory IV continues the study of harmonic concepts pursued in MUSC 210A, Music Theory III, and introduces students to Post-Romantic and Twentieth Century melody and harmonic concepts. The student will develop further knowledge and understanding of foreign modulations, extended chords, chromaticism, non-diatonic music, and form through the study of the music of the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A review of sixteenth and eighteenth century counterpoint will be included. The practice of sight singing, rhythm reading, and melodic dictation will be continued through MUSA 225.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUSA 222 with a grade of C or better, or MUSC 210A with a grade of C or better

Corequisite

MUSA 225

Hours Weekly

4 hours lecture and additional practice time weekly

Course Objectives

  1. Analyze a set of 10 chords containing 7th chords, augmented 6th, Neapolitan 6th, borrowed, and
    9th, 11th, and 13th chords at 90% accuracy within 5 minutes.
  2. Analyze music excerpts from the Post-Romantic period demonstrating an understanding of the
    period’s stylistic syntax.
  3. Analyze music excerpts from the Impressionistic period demonstrating an understanding of the
    period’s stylistic syntax.
  4. Identify the primary compositional techniques of the 20th century.
  5. Analyze two-voice compositions which use 16th or 18th century counterpoint.

Course Objectives

  1. Analyze a set of 10 chords containing 7th chords, augmented 6th, Neapolitan 6th, borrowed, and
    9th, 11th, and 13th chords at 90% accuracy within 5 minutes.
  2. Analyze music excerpts from the Post-Romantic period demonstrating an understanding of the
    period’s stylistic syntax.
  3. Analyze music excerpts from the Impressionistic period demonstrating an understanding of the
    period’s stylistic syntax.
  4. Identify the primary compositional techniques of the 20th century.
  5. Analyze two-voice compositions which use 16th or 18th century counterpoint.