3.00 Credits
Music Theory involves the study of the elements and structures of music and how they interact. Music Theory III goes through tonal chromatic harmony and whole-piece forms, and explores more advanced techniques in analyzing and composing tonal music. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze the form of a piece of music, with emphasis on common choral and instrumental forms. 2. Analyze music that uses a variety of common chromatic devices, including secondary dominant chords, modulations, borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, Augmented sixth chords, and other voice-leading techniques. 3. Compose music using a variety of common chromatic devices, including secondary dominant chords, modulations, borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, Augmented sixth chords, and other voice-leading techniques. 4. Experiment with analyzing tonal music using at least one advanced analytical method. Prerequisite:?? MUSC 1120. Corequisite:?? MUSC 2130. ?? FA