MUSC& 132: Music Theory 2

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Class Program

Music

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091224

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

Continuation of MUSC& 131 with emphasis on triad and seventh chord inversions, nonharmonic tones and the harmonization of melodies. Student compositions are performed by a lab choir. Further emphasis on analysis techniques.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

MUSC& 131 and concurrent enrollment in MUSC& 122

Course Learning Outcomes

Understand musical terms related to harmony.

Identify and utilize triads and triad inversions in musical examples.

Identify and utilize seventh chords in musical examples.

Understand use of secondary dominants in musical examples.

Examine modulation to closely related keys in musical examples.

Harmonize simple melodies using proper voice leading, triad and seventh chord inversions, nonharmonic tones and cadences.

Core Topics

Triad and seventh chord inversions, phrase structure and cadences, nonharmonic tones, techniques of harmonization, altered nonharmonic tones, secondary dominants, modulation to closely related keys.