MUSC 211A Music Theory IV
The final course in the four-semester Music Theory sequence, Music Theory IV continues the study of harmonic concepts pursued in MUSC-210A, Music Theory III, and introduces students to Post-Romantic and Twentieth Century melody and harmonic concepts. The student will develop further knowledge and understanding of foreign modulations, extended chords, chromaticism, non-diatonic music, and form through the study of the music of the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A review of sixteenth and eighteenth century counterpoint will be included. The practice of sight singing, rhythm reading, and melodic dictation will be continued through MUSC-211P.
Prerequisite
MUSC-210A with a grade of C or better
Corequisite
MUSC-211P
Hours Weekly
4 hours lecture and additional practice time weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Analyze a set of 10 chords containing 7th chords, augmented 6th, Neapolitan 6th, borrowed, and
9th, 11th, and 13th chords at 90% accuracy within 5 minutes.
- 2. Analyze music excerpts from the Post-Romantic period demonstrating an understanding of the
period’s stylistic syntax.
- 3. Analyze music excerpts from the Impressionistic period demonstrating an understanding of the
period’s stylistic syntax. - 4. Identify the primary compositional techniques of the 20th century.
- 5. Analyze two-voice compositions which use 16th or 18th century counterpoint.
Course Objectives
- 1. Analyze a set of 10 chords containing 7th chords, augmented 6th, Neapolitan 6th, borrowed, and
9th, 11th, and 13th chords at 90% accuracy within 5 minutes.
- 2. Analyze music excerpts from the Post-Romantic period demonstrating an understanding of the
period’s stylistic syntax.
- 3. Analyze music excerpts from the Impressionistic period demonstrating an understanding of the
period’s stylistic syntax. - 4. Identify the primary compositional techniques of the 20th century.
- 5. Analyze two-voice compositions which use 16th or 18th century counterpoint.