MUS-1145 Music Theory I

Credits 2
Music Theory I introduces students to practices musicians use to understand and communicate the language of music. Students explore fundamentals of music such as diatonic harmony, all inversions of triads and seventh chords, key signatures, major and minor scales, figured bass, non-chord tones, phrase analysis, cadences, foundational counterpoint, and chord connection. Students learn basics of four-part writing procedures within a diatonic framework. The concepts in this course draw on examples from the Common Practice Era (1600-present.) Students perform basic keyboard excerpts related to their course material.

Formerly Formerly offered as: MUS-1155, MUS-1150. Students may only receive credit for one of these courses: MUS-1145, MUS-1150 or MUS-1155.
Course Outcomes

Identify the elements of harmony found in a musical score, including tonality, cadences, and form.
Construct triads and seventh chords in four-part chorale texture.
Harmonize an existing melody in four-part chorale style, using tonic, dominant and subdominant chords.
Identify aurally and notate intervals, scales, triads, melodies, and chords.
Play basic keyboard excerpts.