MU264
Theory III and IV
1.0 Credit - Spring
- Lecture/Discussion: 9
MU264* delivers the course content of MU266 and MU268 within
an intensive 8-week time frame. The course introduces
chromatic harmonies and their role in the Phrase Model
including the Neapolitan chord, augmented sixth chords,
chromatically-altered chords, and common-tone chords;
modulation to closely-related, distant, and enharmonic keys;
and chromatic sequences and chromatic contrary motion. It
also introduces binary, small and large ternary, minuet and
trio, sonata, and sonata-rondo paradigms, and explores their
compositional realizations and constituent sub-structures
through harmonic and form-functional analysis. The course
faciilitates acquisition of harmonization skill and develops
proficiency in active listening, audiation, and form analysis.
