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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