MUS-2165 Music Theory IV

Credits 2
This course is a continuation of MUS-2155. In this course, students continue with four-part choral writing including augmented-six chords, foreign modulation, extended chords, and Neapolitan chords. Twentieth-century techniques employing musical analysis modes, non-diatonic scales (pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone), and serial tone rows are studied. Students harmonize a given melody on the keyboard.

Prerequisite(s): MUS-2155 with a grade of C or higher.
Formerly Formerly MUS-2160 Students may not receive credit for both MUS-2160 and MUS-2165.
Course Outcomes

Analyze the elements of advanced music theory, including 20^th century techniques, as found in written and aural samples.
Construct phrases in four-part chorale texture that include augmented-sixth chords and foreign modulation.
Analyze the form and composition techniques used in selected 19^th and 20^th century musical works, through selected written examples.
Compose short music examples using various 20th century techniques, including serial, modal, and aleatory methods.
Identify aurally and notate melodies, chords, and harmonic progressions with modulations.
Play appropriate harmony to harmonize with the given melodies at the keyboard.