MUSC& 143 Music Theory III (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 114 - CCN
Prerequisite MUSC& 142 with at least a 1.5 grade or the equivalent or instructor permission.
Course Description
This course follows Music Theory II in sequence and includes more advanced principles regarding chords, chord progressions, figured-bass, melodic construction, part-writing, and aural skills. Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 183 is strongly recommended.
Course Content
A. Harmonic Structures and Chord Progressions
Dominant seventh and supertonic seventh chords
Submediant and mediant triads
Secondary dominant chords
Harmonic sequence
Elementary modulation
B. Cadences and Non-Harmonic Tones
Non-harmonic tones
Cadences
C. Melodic Development
Melodic line, including double periods and extensions
D. Figured Bass and Harmonic Analysis
Related figured bass symbols
E. Ear-Training and Aural Skills
Basic ear-training skills, including intervals, scales, chords, chord progressions, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and cadences
Student Outcomes
- Analyze seventh chords, less common harmonic progressions and advanced melodic structures.
- Compose seventh chords, less common harmonic progressions and advanced melodic structures.
- Analyze applied chords and tonicization.
- Aurally identify intermediate musical ideas including seventh chords, chord progressions and scales.
- Dictate increasingly complex rhythmic and melodic lines from aural examples.
- Sight sing melodies that include larger leaps with moderately complex rhythms.
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, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions
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
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