MUSC& 143 - Music Theory III

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
The study of music logic, music theory, is intended to complement the musical intuition most vocalists and instrumentalists already have. Music is a complex and highly organized art, whether it is a Mozart concerto or a jack improvisation. While providing a rational knowledge of music through the study of basic musical concepts and terminology, including analysis, composition, ear-training and sight singing, a study of music theory interacts with the musician’s intuition, bringing a deeper understanding and appreciation of music. All students will learn to apply their knowledge to the keyboard in a basic though useful way.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in MUSC& 141 or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes:

Critically analyze music with increasing mastery.
Recognize aurally and notate all seventh chords.
Demonstrate harmonic progression, aurally and notationally.
Analyze and notate tonicization and modulation of chords.
Analyze through-composed musical scores as well as jazz-based lead sheets.
Perform piano improvisations employing basic harmonic progressions, scales, and modes.

Course Topics:

The Structural Elements of Music:
- Advanced harmonic progression
- Seventh chords: dominant, leading-tone, non-dominant
- Secondary dominant and leading-tone chords
- Modulation
- Formal structures
- Musical analysis

Course Attribute(s): Humanities