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May 23, 2024
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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
- Theory
- Classical forms such as binary, ternary, theme & variations, sonataform, and rondo
- Popular music forms such as AABA, verse-chorus, and 12-bar blues
- Analysis and composition of music using classical and popular forms
- Ear Training
- Dictation and sight-singing of advanced melodies (alto & tenor clef, more chromaticism, other scales such as pentatonic and blues)
- Dictation and sight-singing of advanced rhythms (unusual, asymmetrical, and changing meters, hemiola. polyrhythm)
- Dictation and sight-singing of advanced harmonic progressions (secondary dominants, modulation, Neapolitan & Augmented 6ths, borrowed chords)
- Improvisational activities and keyboard application of the course material
Learning Outcomes
- analyze compositions in a variety of classical and popular forms.
- compose pieces in a variety of classical and popular forms.
- transcribe advanced rhythms.
- perform advanced rhythms at sight.
- transcribe advanced melodies.
- sing advanced melodies at sight.
- transcribe advanced harmonic progressions.
- 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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