MUS 201(F) Music Theory and Musicianship II
Music 201 continues to greater degrees the study of music techniques from the common practice period by means of analysis, composition, written exercises, sightsinging, keyboard application and dictation. We will expand our understanding of chromaticism. We will learn how chromaticism is used as a voice-leading tool, and how it participates in music events at deeper levels of the structure. We will learn about innovations that occurred from the early 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century and will trace the origins for these new harmonic tendencies. We will also learn how composers create larger formal structures.
Format: three lectures and two skills lab-sessions per week. Final grading will be based on homework, theory quizzes, analysis papers, compositional projects, a final exam, class attendance, preparation and participation, and on the results of the lab portion of the class (sight singing, ear training, and keyboard harmony).
Prerequisites: Music 104. Enrollment limit: 15. Preference to potential Music majors.
Hour: BOWERS (lecture); BOWERS (labs)