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Theory, Music, MUTH = 0860
1260 (MUSI 1301). Music Fundamentals. 3 hours. Introduction to elements of music, staff, clefs, key signatures, scales, time signatures and notation; meter and rhythm; theory applications at keyboard. Credit in this course may not be applied to a music degree.
1380 (MUSI 1216). Aural Skills I. 2 hours. (2;1) Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1480 via singing, ear training, keyboard, and conducting experiences. Prerequisite(s): enrollment limited to students who are enrolled in or who have completed MUTH 1480.
1390 (MUSI 1217). Aural Skills II. 2 hours. (2;1) Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1490 via singing, ear training, keyboard, and conducting experiences. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 1380 and 1480.
1480 (MUSI 1211). Theory I. 2 hours. (2;0) Large-lecture format. Introduction to analysis, part writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization beginning with melody and two- and three-part exercises. Prerequisite(s): enrollment limited to students who are enrolled in or who have completed MUTH 1380.
1490 (MUSI 1212). Theory II. 2 hours. (2;0) Continuation of analysis, part writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of eighteenth-century music and smaller forms of the Baroque period. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 1380 and 1480. Enrollment is limited to students who are enrolled in or who have complete MUTH 1390.
2380 (MUSI 2116). Aural Skills III. 1 hour. (2;0) Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2480 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 1390 and 1490.
2390 (MUSI 2118). Aural Skills IV. 1 hour. (2;0) Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2490 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
2480 (MUSI 2211). Theory III. 2 hours. (2;1) Analysis, part writing, figured bass realization and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, larger forms of the Baroque era and form of the Classic and Romantic eras. Computer competency skills will be included. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 1390 and 1490. Enrollment limited to students who are enrolled in or who have completed MUTH 2380.
2490 (MUSI 2212). Theory IV. 2 hours. (2;1) Analysis, part writing and harmonization covering musical practice of the period from 1880 to 1950. Oral competency presentations will be included. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480. Enrollment limited to students who are enrolled in or who have completed MUTH 2390.
2900. Special Problems. 1-3 hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of college.
3410. Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint. 3 hours. (3;0) Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in two to four voices. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
3420. Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint. 3 hours. Contrapuntal procedures of 18th-century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes and other 18th-century forms. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
3510. Form Analysis. 3 hours. Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major composers' works, larger instrumental and vocal forms. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
3520. Harmonic Analysis. 3 hours. Harmonic structure of compositions representative of different schools and composers. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
3550. Advanced Sight Singing. 1 hour. (0;3) Instruction and practice in sight-singing materials more difficult than those taught in freshman- and sophomore-level theory classes. Development of speed reading: use of all C clefs; techniques in reading contemporary scores. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2390 and Theory Proficiency Examination.
4370. Schenkerian Analysis. 3 hours. (3;0) Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 2380 and 2480.
4900-4910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each. Prerequisite(s): consent of college.
4920. Senior Colloquium in Music Theory. 3 hours. In consultation with the instructor, each student is to develop a major paper on a specialized topic in music theory, as appropriate to advanced undergraduate standing. Prerequisite: MUTH 3410, 3420, 3510, 3520 and 3550.
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