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Academic Year 2003/2004

Beginning Harmony and Tonal Counterpoint
MUSC 201 SP

This course is designed to give a thorough grounding in the basic compositional techniques of tonal harmony, part-writing (counterpoint), and formal structures of the "common practice" era in Western art music. LECTURES will introduce concepts on a theoretical level and provide guidance of ways in which they can be meaningfully applied to actual music. EAR-TRAINING SECTIONS, led by a TA, will focus on the development of aural and keyboard skills. Students are required to attend all lectures as well as two ear-training sections every week. They will participate in a lab meeting either on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-10:20 AM, or on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:20 AM.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly homework exercises, periodic tests, an analytic paper, and a final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Ability to read music is required. Students will be expected to know the major and minor scales and the signatures (circle of fifths) and all major and minor intervals and triads.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: MUSC103 AND MUSC104 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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