MUSC& 132 - Music Theory 2

3 Credits

The second quarter of a sequential study of the fundamentals of diatonic music. Topics include principles of melodic and rhythmic organization, texture, seventh chords and secondary dominants, nonharmonic tones, principles of part writing, voice leading, and harmonic progressions, and second and third species of 16th century counterpoint.

Pre-requisite(s) MUSC& 131 min 2.0
Course Note Concurrent enrollment in MUSC& 122 is strongly recommended until student can pass sight-singing proficiency exam. Previously MUSIC 102.
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Designed to Serve Students transferring to baccalaureate institutions and/or needing Humanities Area II distribution credits. The music major or music minor as well as any student with a stronger than average interest in music.
Active Date 20220405T16:41:14

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 30
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area II

Course Outline

Principles of melodic organization
Principles of rhythmic organization
Dominant seventh chords and their inversions
Secondary dominants and their inversions
Textures: monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic
Non-harmonic tones
Fundamentals of 18th Century part-writing and voice-leading 18th
Century Harmonic progressions
Second and Third Species of 16th Century Counterpoint

Student Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate proficiency with the principles of melodic organization.

Demonstrate proficiency with the principles of rhythmic organization.

Write and/or identify dominant sevenths and their inversions.

Write and/or identify secondary dominants and their inversion.

Write and/or identify simple harmonic progressions.

Write and/or identify non-harmonic tones.

Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of elementary 18th Century part-writing and voice leading.

Demonstrate the basic principles of Second and Third Species of 16th Century Counterpoint.