MUSC& 142 - Music Theory II

5 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, non-harmonic tones, principles of 18th Century part-writing, voice leading and harmonic progressions and Second and Third Species of 16th Century Counterpoint. Sight-sing basic vocal parts with correct pitch and rhythm. Train the ear to identify and notate intervals, chords and their inversions, rhythms, melodies, and major/minor scales.

Pre-requisite(s) MUSC& 141 min 2.0
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 20220405T16:41:15

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 30
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area II

Course Outline

THEORY
- Principles of melodic and 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, voice-leading, and harmonic progressions
- 16th Century Counterpoint

EAR TRAINING
- All simple intervals (2nd-7th)
- Syncopated rhythms and compound meters
- Minor scale key signatures and construction, and singing of all forms of minor scales
- Harmonic concepts: dominant seventh chords, diminished chords, simple major progressions

Student Learning Outcomes
Student will be able to demonstrate proficiency with the principles of melodic and rhythmic organization.

Student will be able to identify dominant sevenths, secondary dominants, and their inversions.

Student will be able to build dominant sevenths, secondary dominants, and their inversions.