MUSC& 241 Music Theory IV (5 credits)

2. Play, sing, analyze, dictate, notate, spell, discuss and/or compose dominant chord relationships which use secondary leading tone chords, diminished and half-diminished chords and modulations which incorporate such chords.

3. Analyze and compose music in binary, ternary and rounded binary form.

4. Play, sing, analyze, dictate, notate, spell, discuss and/or compose less common chord progressions and extended part-writing procedures.

5. Play, sing, analyze, dictate, notate, spell, discuss and/or compose differences between vocal and early instrumental writing.

6. Play, sing, analyze, dictate, notate, spell, discuss and/or compose seventh chords and their use in four-part chorale writing.

7. Take dictation in the following areas of ear-training: melodic dictation, error detection in melodies, identify scale degrees, identify intervals, identify chord progressions, four-part harmonic dictation, harmonic rhythm, non-harmonic tones, rhythm dictation, and error detection in rhythms.

8. Play, sing, analyze, dictate, notate, spell, discuss and/or compose harmonic and select non-harmonic principles contributing to music style.

9. Demonstrate the importance of practice and study in the acquisition of MUSC&241 student outcomes.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
A. Written Assignments
B. Analysis
C. Ear-Training Quizzes
D. Performance
E. Class Discussion
F. Dictation
G. Written test