MUSC212 Music Theory IV
Department of Arts and Communication: Music
- I. Course Number and Title
- MUSC212 Music Theory IV
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- MUSC211 (C or better) or by Departmental placement exam or
- Corequisites
- MUSC216 Ear Training IV
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- None
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- Music Theory IV explores Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century chromaticism (including secondary dominants, primary, secondary, and double mixture, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords), Twentieth-Century techniques. Students analyze stylistically representative repertoire.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- Analyze chromatic harmonies such as secondary dominants, primary, secondary, and double-mixture, Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, modes, nondiatonic scales (pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone), and serial tone rows; and
- Construct chromatic harmonies such as secondary dominants, primary, secondary, and double-mixture, Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, modes, nondiatonic scales (pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone), and serial tone rows.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- practice principles and applications of secondary dominants, mixture chords, Neapolitan chords, harmonic modulation techniques, and movable-do chromatic solfege as a brief, intensive review
- define the Phrygian leading tone concept
- define, identify, and construct augmented sixth chords (definitions of the four basic types, their idiomatic resolutions, and their component scale degree/solfege constructs and nomenclatures; relationships to secondary dominants and Phrygian leading tones; related written and aural identification and construction tasks)
- practice advanced harmonic modulation techniques
- practice written and aural analysis of representative musical repertoire that incorporates secondary dominants, mixture chords, Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, modes, non-diatonic scales (pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone), and serial tone rows
- identify, analyze and construct modes, non-diatonic scales (pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone), and serial tone rows
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Course-specific content will be accessed via homework assignments, quizzes, and exams. A departmentally-generated final comprehensive examination is administered to assess all subject matter components that are detailed in the Learning Goals for this course. -
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
A departmentally-selected textbook and workbook are required for this course. See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 4/08; Revised 3/2010; New Core 8/2015;Revised: 6/20/2023