MUSI 3122: Music Theory IV

2 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: MUSI 3121
For music majors. Continuation of advanced correlated study of music theory and harmony in common practice including analytical study of 20th century music. Components include composition, improvisation, literature analysis and practical keyboard application.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Music Theory IV explores
1. large forms in the Common-Practice Period,
2. model composition in a Romantic, 19^th-century style, and
3. techniques from the 20^th and 21^st centuries.
Explore topics which include large form types, procedures for creating chord progressions and embellishing them, modes, collections, and pc sets. The overarching question of the course will be: how does 20th-century music establish alternative harmonic languages structured by intervals, tonally symmetrical scales, and recurring motifs, and distinguish them from triadic tonality.
Develop your skills in theory, analysis, and composition. They are important for building a strong foundation for further musical studies and are essential elements in the training of a professional musician.