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2024-2025 Course Catalog
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MUSC 2075 - Music Theory and Ear Training 4

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4
Course Description: This is the fourth course in the Music Theory and Ear Training sequence for music majors. Theory topics include classical and popular music forms such as binary, ternary, theme & variations, sonataform, rondo, AABA, verse-chorus, and 12-bar blues. Ear Training skills include dictation and sight-singing of advanced melodies, rhythms, and harmonic progressions.
MnTC Goals
NA

Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2070 with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
 

  1. Theory
    1. Classical forms such as binary, ternary, theme & variations, sonataform, and rondo
    2. Popular music forms such as AABA, verse-chorus, and 12-bar blues
    3. Analysis and composition of music using classical and popular forms
  2. Ear Training
    1. Dictation and sight-singing of advanced melodies (alto & tenor clef, more chromaticism, other scales such as pentatonic and blues)
    2. Dictation and sight-singing of advanced rhythms (unusual, asymmetrical, and changing meters, hemiola. polyrhythm)
    3. Dictation and sight-singing of advanced harmonic progressions (secondary dominants, modulation, Neapolitan & Augmented 6ths, borrowed chords)
    4. Improvisational activities and keyboard application of the course material

Learning Outcomes
 

  1. analyze compositions in a variety of classical and popular forms.
  2. compose pieces in a variety of classical and popular forms.
  3. transcribe advanced rhythms.
  4. perform advanced rhythms at sight.
  5. transcribe advanced melodies.
  6. sing advanced melodies at sight.
  7. transcribe advanced harmonic progressions.
  8. sing advanced harmonic progressions at sight.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies NA
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
NA
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
NA


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