MUSC& 242 Music Theory V (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 212 - CCN
Prerequisite MUSC& 241 with at least a 1.5 grade or instructor permission.
Course Description
This course follows Music Theory IV in sequence and includes the study of advanced chromatic harmony, more advanced formal analysis and aural skills. Piano skills equal to or above intermediate level piano (MUS182) are highly recommended.
Course Content
A. Elements of complex harmonic progressions (e.g. non-functional chromaticism, augmented sixth, and extended chords)
B. Elements of chromatic music (e.g. modulation to distantly related keys and enharmonic resolutions)
C. Elements of advanced musical ideas (e.g. applied chords, uncommon chord progressions, and inversions.)
D. Four part writing with diatonic seventh chords and chromatic nonharmonic tones
E. Non-functional chromaticism in harmonic progressions:
Borrowed chords (modal mixture)
Augmented sixth chords
F. Modulation to distantly related keys
Augmented sixth chords in modulations
enharmonic modulations
G. Sonata form
H. Aural training:
Uncommon harmonic progressions
applied chords
triad and 7th chord inversions
Rhythmic, melodic, 2-part, and harmonic dictation
Sight Singing
Student Outcomes
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Analyze complex harmonic progressions.
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Compose complex harmonic progressions.
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Identify Sonata form including melodic and harmonic structures and principles of development.
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Aurally identify elements of advanced musical ideas.
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Dictate complex rhythmic and melodic lines from aural examples, including two-part and harmonic examples.
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Sight-sing longer melodies that include large leaps and 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, 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
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