NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

MUSC 1045 - Aural Theory II


This course is a continuation of the concepts and skills learned in MUSC 1030 Written Theory I. Topics include four-voice part-writing, prolongation of the tonic and dominant areas, diatonic harmonies and root progressions, embellishing tones, seven-diminished-seven chords, motives and phrase structures, diatonic sequences, and secondary function.

Credits: 1

Prerequisites:
MUSC 1030 Written Theory I

Co-requisites:
MUSC 1045 Aural Theory II and MUSC 1295 Keyboard Theory II

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of MUSC 1040 Written Theory II, the student will:

  1. Analyze and compose four-part harmony in eighteenth-century style.
  2. Analyze and explain harmonic function and prolongation (embellishment) in tonal music.
  3. Notate embellishing (non-harmonic) tones.
  4. Analyze and motivic and phrase structure in music.
  5. Classify and notate diatonic sequences.
  6. Notate chords with secondary function.




Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)