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MUSC 2061 - Advanced Music Theory I

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course is the continuation of MUSC 1062 - Music Theory II . It is an advanced study of chromatic harmony including borrowed chords, Neapolitan 6th chords, augmented 6th chords, extended chords, altered dominants, and chromatic mediants. Students will apply advanced music theory concepts by analyzing music examples and by writing music compositions.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: MUSC 1062  and concurrently enrolled in MUSC 2071 .

Major Content
  1. Altered dominants
  2. Augmented 6th chords
  3. Borrowed chords
  4. Chromatic harmony and macro analysis (circle progressions)
  5. Chromatic mediants
  6. Extended chords
  7. Neapolitan 6th chords

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Analyze a wide variety of chromatic harmonies using macro analysis.
  2. Identify a wide variety of chromatic harmonies (borrowed chords, Neapolitan 6th chords, augmented 6th chords, extended chords, altered dominants, and chromatic mediants).
  3. Compose using a wide variety of chromatic harmonies.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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