MUS 242 Music Theory IV

Three hours per week. Prerequisites: MUS 241 or proficiency examination. Study of choral and tonal resources of the eighteenth through the 20th centuries; practice in the writing and analysis of compositions in these idioms.

Students will learn four-part writing involving augmented sixth chords, altered dominants, ninth/eleventh/thirteenth chords, and enharmonic modulations. They will also learn the materials and techniques employed in the twentieth century, such as polychords, atonal theory, and twelve-tone serialism.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUS 241 or proficiency examination

Offered

Spring