MUSC 210 - Second-Year Theory I

5 CR

Fourth of a six-course sequence in Music Theory for music majors and students who wish to acquire insight into the building blocks of tonal & chromatic music. Students learn advanced chromaticism as found in jazz and classical musical styles (tritone-related substitutions, expanded modal borrowed chords, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords), distant modulation, chromatic sequences, chords of extension, and symmetrical division of the octave.  Ear training, rhythm reading and sight singing is also included.

Prerequisite(s): MUSC 112 with a D (1) or better and permission of the instructor.

Course Outcomes

Analyze and create melodies & harmonic progressions that incorporate advanced classical/jazz modalism and harmonic substitutions (tritone substitution networks, Neapolitan & augmented sixth chords)
Analyze and creatively apply modulation to distant keys through melody, harmonic progressions, and musical structures.
Learn and creatively employ chords of extension (9th, 11th, & 13th chords).
Analyze and create music employing symmetrical division of the octave.
Learn reharmonization concepts and creatively apply them to an original reharmonization of a pre-existing song/work.
Learn and create original music in 12-bar blues form and its structural expansions.
Analyze complete musical works from various stylistic periods (classical, jazz, & popular music) demonstrating harmonic concepts covered over the quarter.
Create original music using the harmonic and melodic concepts acquired over the quarter.
Recognize applied dominants, Neapolitan, augmented sixths chords, and chords of extension by ear and dictate short diatonic chord progressions using chromatic chords.
Read syncopated musical notation in rhythmic tapping in simple & compound meters.
Sight sing 4-bar melodic fragments with sparse chromaticism within the student’s vocal range

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Aesthetic Awareness

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