Montgomery College 2019-2020 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Montgomery College 2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MUSC 234 - Music Theory IV


(R only)

Review of tonal harmony, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords. Keyboard application. Introduction to counterpoint. Beginning serial technique. Normally taken concurrently with MUSC 238 . PREREQUISITE(S): MUSC 233  with a grade of C or better. Three hours each week. Formerly MU 250.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

  • Identify and notate all ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords.
  • Recognize non-dominant/non-functional tonal harmony.
  • Compose competent counterpoint in 2 and 3 parts.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the workings of inventions, canons, fugues, and other contrapuntal devices/forms.
  • Identify and notate harmonic sonorities that lie beyond tertian constructions.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of atonality.
  • Create a serial matrix of the 4 primary forms of a twelve-tone row.


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